William James Gardner

The History of Jamaica

From its Discovery by Christopher Columbus to the Year 1872

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This systematic history of Jamaica was written after the abolition of slavery by a man imbued with a sense of 18th-century liberalism. It is based on public records and archives, and a selection of pamphlet literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 526
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 1971
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 152mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9780714619385
• ISBN-10: 0714619388
• Artikelnr.: 21696890

Autorenporträt

William James Gardner

Inhaltsangabe

PERIOD I DlSCOVERY BY COLUMBUS, AND SPANISH OCCUPATION CHAPTER I THE
DISCOVERY OF JAMAICA CHAPTER II SPANISH OCCUPATION CHAPTER III ABORIGINAL
INHABITANTS PERIOD II FROM THE CONQUEST BY THE ENGLISH, 1655, TO THE GREAT
EARTHQUAKE, 1692 CHAPTER I HISTORICAL EVENTS CHAPTER II COMMERCE AND
AGRICULTURE CHAPTER III RELIGION AND EDUCATION CHAPTER IV MANNERS AND
CUSTOMS PERIOD III FROM THE EARTHQUAKE TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE
ANTISLAVERY STRUGGLE, 1782 CHAPTER I HISTORICAL EVENTS CHAPTER II COMMERCE
AND AGRICULTURE CHAPTER III MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS CHAPTER
IV RELIGION AND EDUCATION PERIOD IV FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE
ANTI-SLAVERY STRUGGLE TO EMANCIPATION, CHAPTER I HISTORICAL EVENTS CHAPTER
II COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE CHAPTER III RELIGION AND EDUCATION CHAPTER IV
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS PERIOD V FROM EMANCIPATION TO 1872 CHAPTER I THE FIRST
DAYS OF FREEDOM CHAPTER II ADMINISTRATION OF SIR CHARLES METCALFE CHAPTER
III FROM THE RETIREMENT OF SIR CHARLES METCALFE TO THAT OF SIR CHARLES GREY
CHAPTER IV RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT CHAPTER V RELIGION, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL
PROGRESS, FROM 1839 TO 1865 CHAPTER VI THE OUTBREAK AT ST. THOMAS IN THE
EAST CHAPTER VII ADMINISTRATION OF SIR J.P.GRANT