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Sugar and Slaves: The Rise of the Planter Class in the English West Indies, 1624-1713
By Gary B. Nash (foreword by) and Richard S. Dunn
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Univ of North Carolina Pr
Publication date May 1, 2000
Pages 359
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780807848777
ISBN-10 0807848778
Dimensions 1 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.20 lbs.
Original list price $35.00
Other format details university press
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A portrait of English life in the Caribbean more than three centuries ago traces the development of plantation slave society in the region, examines sugar production techniques, and looks at the nature of the slave trade and the problems of adapting English ways to the tropics. (view table of contents)
Amazon.com description: Product Description: First published by UNC Press in 1972, Sugar and Slaves presents a vivid portrait of English life in the Caribbean more than three centuries ago. Using a host of contemporary primary sources, Richard Dunn traces the development of plantation slave society in the region. He examines sugar production techniques, the vicious character of the slave trade, the problems of adapting English ways to the tropics, and the appalling mortality rates for both blacks and whites that made these colonies the richest, but in human terms the least successful, in English America.

"A masterly analysis of the Caribbean plantation slave society, its lifestyles, ethnic relations, afflictions, and peculiarities.--Journal of Modern History

"A remarkable account of the rise of the planter class in the West Indies. . . . Dunn's [work] is rich social history, based on factual data brought to life by his use of contemporary narrative accounts.--New York Review of Books

"A study of major importance. . . . Dunn not only provides the most solid and precise account ever written of the social development of the British West Indies down to 1713, he also challenges some traditional historical cliches.--American Historical Review



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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780807811924
 
from Univ of North Carolina Pr (May 1, 1972)
9780807811924 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.70 lbs | List price $45.00
Paperback
Book cover for 9780807848777 Book cover for 9789766400897
 
With Gary B. Nash (other contributor) | from Univ of West Indies Pr (February 1, 2001)
9789766400897 | details & prices | 359 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $29.00
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With Gary B. Nash (other contributor) | from Univ of North Carolina Pr (May 1, 2000)
9780807848777 | details & prices | 359 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $35.00
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