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Jamaica : a historical portrait

Samuel Justin Hurwitz (Author), Edith F. Hurwitz (Author)
Print Book, English, 1971
Praeger Publishers, New York, 1971
History
xii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
210515
Jamaica in the age of exploration
Political life in the era of slavery
The plantation economy and international trade
The social order in the slave society
Jamaica and the antislavery crusade, 1787-1833
The fate of the freed man
The surrender of self-government, 1833-65
Economic change and development, 1833-1962
The crown colony era, 1865-1939
From crown colony to independent nation, 1938-62
The new nation, 1962-71