The Formation of a Colonial Society
Subtitle: Belize, from Conquest to Crown Colony
By: O. Nigel Bolland. --
Series: Johns Hopkins studies in Atlantic history and culture
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Belize -- Economic conditions.; Belize -- History.; Belize -- Social conditions.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 225-234. Includes index. 6
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: x; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: xiii; label: Chapter 1
title: Belize: A Brief Guide to an Emerging Nation; title: Topography and Climate
pagenum: 1; title: Growth of Population
pagenum: 2; title: Economic Development
pagenum: 6; title: Political Development
pagenum: 7; label: Chapter 2
title: Early European Incursions upon the Maya; title: The Origins of the Maya
pagenum: 14; title: Ancient Maya Settlements in the Belize River Valley
pagenum: 15; title: Spanish Expeditions and Their Effects upon the Maya
pagenum: 17; title: British Woodcutters Encounter the Maya
pagenum: 20; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 23; label: Chapter 3
title: The Establishment of the British Settlement in the Bay of Honduras in the Eighteenth Century; title: The Settlement's Raison d'Être: The Logwood and Mahogany Trades
pagenum: 25; title: The Establishment of the Settler Society
pagenum: 28; title: Conflicts among the Settlers
pagenum: 32; title: The Problem of the Location of Executive Authority
pagenum: 36; title: The Social Structure of the Settlement in the Late Eighteenth Century
pagenum: 40; label: Chapter 4
title: The Institution of Slavery; title: The Establishment of Slavery
pagenum: 49; title: The Organization and Occupations of Slavery
pagenum: 53; title: Slavery and the Law
pagenum: 62; label: Chapter 5
title: The Slaves as Objects and as Subjects; title: The Conditions and Treatment of Slaves
pagenum: 68; title: Social Relations between Masters and Slaves
pagenum: 72; label: Chapter 6
title: The Laborers, Free and Enslaved, in the Early Nineteenth Century; title: The Freedmen during Slavery
pagenum: 86; title: The Culture of the Slaves and Freedmen
pagenum: 95; label: Chapter 7
title: Apprenticeship and Emancipation; title: The Laborers during the Apprenticeship Period
pagenum: 106; title: Inhibitions on the Development of a Peasantry after Emancipation
pagenum: 118; label: Chapter 8
title: Post-Emancipation Society—1; title: The Return of the Maya to Western Belize
pagenum: 125; title: Caribs and Creoles
pagenum: 132; label: Chapter 9
title: Post-Emancipation Society—2; title: Agriculture
pagenum: 136; title: Immigration
pagenum: 142; title: Labor Conditions in the Colony
pagenum: 146; label: Chapter 10
title: The Political Economy: The Dominance of the Settlers, 1765-1830; title: The Problem of the Colonial Settlers
pagenum: 156; title: The Settler Oligarchy
pagenum: 157; label: Chapter 11
title: The Political Economy: The Decline of the Settlers, 1830-1871; title: The Dependent Economy
pagenum: 174; title: Changes in the Political-Administrative Apparatus
pagenum: 178; title: The Consolidation of Metropolitan Ownership
pagenum: 182; title: The Creation of a Crown Colony
pagenum: 188; label: Chapter 12
title: Conclusions
pagenum: 194; title: Appendixes; label: A
title: Laws and Customs Relating to Slavery
pagenum: 198; label: B
title: Family of Mary France belonging to Alexander France, 1834
pagenum: 201; label: C
title: Family of Quashie Cunningham belonging to Sarah Keefe, 1834
pagenum: 202; label: D
title: Family of Jane and Sam Burn belonging to William D. Burn, 1834
pagenum: 203; label: E
title: Family of Nancy Gambqunil belonging to Ann Smith, 1834
pagenum: 204; label: F
title: Family of Mary Anne and Murphy Anderson belonging to Richard John and Anne Anderson, 1834
pagenum: 205; label: G
title: Family of Sammy Goff belonging to Estate of Sarah Goff (d.), 1834
pagenum: 205; title: Notes
pagenum: 206; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 225; title: Index
pagenum: 235