Tobago
Subtitle: the union with Trinidad 1889- 1899 : myth and reality
By: Lennie M. Nimblett
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781477234495; 9781477234501; 9781477234518
Subjects: History; Politics and government; Colonies; British colonies
Description: Nimblett tells the little known story about the decision for the Caribbean island of Tobago to form a unitary colony with the neighbouring island of Trinidad in 1889. He chronicles the path from its discovery by Columbus in 1498 to its status as a British colony in 1814. Tracing for the first time the growth of its relations with Trinidad, the book reproduces the principal records of the decisions in the legislatures of Tobago, of Trinidad and of the British parliament that created the union.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-327) and index.
Table of contents: title: Tobago in the changing Atlantic world; title: Tobago: constitution and society; title: Making the decision I: Tobago and Trinidad; title: Making the decisions II: Parliament and the Colonial Office; title: Profile of the new colony; title: Problems and progress; title: Historians and the union; title: Tobago's superior institutions; title: Myths of the union; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix I. The Order in Council of 1888; title: Appendix II. The legal status of Tobago before 1763; title: Appendix III. Lists of treaties and statutes.