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Recharting the Caribbean : land, law, and citizenship in the British Virgin Islands

Title
Recharting the Caribbean : land, law, and citizenship in the British Virgin Islands / Bill Maurer.
Author
Maurer, Bill, 1968-
Publication
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1997.

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Description
xvii, 301 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-294) and index.
Contents
The rise of class, race, and party : making differences, 1890-1949 -- The muting of distinction and the making of the "BVIslander", 1950-1990 -- Stereotypes and the immigrant problem -- Race, place, and citizenship -- Immigrants between legislated and chosen identities -- Making family, making genealogy : one hundred years of family land -- The Cadastral survey : a modern reordering of the territory -- Making history for the nation.
Call Number
Sc E 97-557
ISBN
0472108115 (cloth : acid-free paper)
LCCN
96051247
OCLC
36029709
Author
Maurer, Bill, 1968-
Title
Recharting the Caribbean : land, law, and citizenship in the British Virgin Islands / Bill Maurer.
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1997.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-294) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 97-557
HRG 97-789
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