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Livestock, sugar and slavery : contested terrain in colonial Jamaica

Title
Livestock, sugar and slavery : contested terrain in colonial Jamaica / Verene A. Shepherd.
Author
Shepherd, Verene.
Publication
Kingston ; Miami : Ian Randle Publishers, 2009.

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Description
xl, 279 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Forgotten histories of the Caribbean
Uniform Title
Forgotten histories of the Caribbean.
Subject
  • Animal industry > Jamaica > History
  • Sugarcane industry > Jamaica > History
  • Land use > Jamaica > History
  • Slavery > Jamaica > History
  • Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Jamaica
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-274) and index.
Contents
Raising livestock in the pre-plantation era -- The interplay of livestock and cane : contests over land for commodity production -- Trade and exchange : contesting the classic plantationist trading arrangement -- The pen-keepers : emergence, demographic profile and economic status -- The pen-keepers : socio-political status, ideology, relationships and the 'ranking game' -- The enslaved on pens : demographic profile and work culture -- Contesting slavery : negotiations for freedom in a slave system -- Post-slavery adjustments.
Call Number
Sc E 10-1461
ISBN
  • 9789766372569 (pbk.)
  • 976637256X (pbk.)
  • 9789766374037 (hbk.)
  • 9766374031 (hbk.)
LCCN
2010500705
OCLC
276332103
Author
Shepherd, Verene.
Title
Livestock, sugar and slavery : contested terrain in colonial Jamaica / Verene A. Shepherd.
Imprint
Kingston ; Miami : Ian Randle Publishers, 2009.
Series
Forgotten histories of the Caribbean
Forgotten histories of the Caribbean.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-274) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 10-1461
JFD 13-2209
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