Historia

The History of Jamaica

Name: The History of Jamaica
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Author: Edward Long
ISBN: 9781108016469

Edward Long

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400 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. Long defends slavery as 'inevitably necessary' in Jamaica, suggesting the institution to be implicit in the 'possession of British freedom'. Volume 3 covers the natural history of Jamaica, including descriptions of weather phenomena and a catalogue of native flora of potential interest to British importers. It also includes a translation of the French 'code noir' governing slavery, proposed as a model for future British legislation. 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: 9781108016469
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 400
Utgivningsdatum: 2010-10-31
Förlag: Cambridge University Press