Produktbild
John Bigelow

Jamaica in 1850

or, The Effects of Sixteen Years of Freedom on a Slave Colony

Buch

After Jamaican slaves were fully emancipated in 1838, the local economy collapsed. Driven by a belief in the innate inferiority of the black race and bolstered by this apparently disastrous Jamaican example, Americans who defended slavery convinced many that emancipation at home would lead to economic and social chaos. Collecting John Bigelow's vivid firsthand reporting, Jamaica in 1850 challenges that widely held view and demonstrates that Jamaica's troubles were caused not by lazy blacks but by the incompetence of absentee white planters operating within an obsolete colonial system. Bigelow also shows that although large plantations languis… Mehr

CHF 70.00

Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)

Versandfertig innerhalb 1-3 Werktagen

Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-0-252-07327-4
  • EAN: 9780252073274
  • Produktnummer: 2242663
  • Verlag: University Of Illinois Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
  • Seitenangabe: 256 S.
  • Masse: H14.2 cm x B20.9 cm x D1.7 cm 360 g
  • Gewicht: 360

100 weitere Werke von John Bigelow:


Bewertungen


0 von 0 Bewertungen

Geben Sie eine Bewertung ab!

Teilen Sie Ihre Erfahrungen mit dem Produkt mit anderen Kunden.