 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
THE HISTORY OF JAMAICA
OR, GENERAL SURVEY OF THE ANTIENT AND MODERN STATE OF THAT ISLAND, WITH REFLECTIONS ON ITS SITUATION, SETTLEMENTS, INHABITANTS, CLIMATE, PRODUCTS, COMMERCE, LAWS, AND GOVERNMENT |
| By: |
Edward Long |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£47.00 |
| Our price: |
£44.65 |
| Discount: |
|
| You save:
|
£2.35 |
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
1108016448 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108016445 |
| Availability: |
Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.
 Delivery
rates
|
| Stock: |
Currently 0 available |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
8 July, 2010 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition |
| Pages: |
654 |
| Description: |
An influential three-volume survey of Jamaica's early colonial history and economy, from a pro-slavery viewpoint, published in 1774. |
| Synopsis: |
Edward Long's three-volume work marks a major turning point in the historiography of Jamaica, as the first attempt at a comprehensive description of the colony, its history, government, people, economy and geography. The son of a prominent Jamaican plantation owner, Long (1734-1813) spent twelve years running his father's property, an experience which permeates his vision of the island's past, present and future. Throughout his book, Long defends slavery as 'inevitably necessary' in Jamaica, suggesting the institution to be implicit in the 'possession of British freedom'. Volume 1 gives an overview of British colonial government in Jamaica, a history of the island's initial colonisation by Spain, and an account of the economy, including population and export figures and details of prices paid for slaves during the eighteenth century. This important 1774 book provides fascinating insights into eighteenth-century colonial Jamaica and the ideology of its commercial and administrative elite. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
No Cheese, Please!
A fun picture book for children with food allergies - full of friendship and super-cute characters!Little Mo the mouse is having a birthday party.
|
My Brother Is a Superhero
Luke is massively annoyed about this, but when Zack is kidnapped by his arch-nemesis, Luke and his friends have only five days to find him and save the world...
|
|
|
|
|