Historia

The History of Jamaica

Name: The History of Jamaica
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Author: Edward Long
ISBN: 9781108016452

Edward Long

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638 sidor
2010

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 2 presents a survey of the counties of Jamaica, information on religion, education and health, descriptions and racial classifications of the population, a history of the slave rebellions and details of the legal code governing slavery. This important 1774 book provides fascinating insights into eighteenth-century colonial Jamaica and the ideology of its commercial and administrative elite.

Författare: Edward Long
Format: Pocket/Paperback
ISBN: 9781108016452
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 638
Utgivningsdatum: 2010-10-31
Förlag: Cambridge University Press