Beyond the bridge
Subtitle: lectures commemorating Bridgetown's 375th anniversary
By: edited by Woodville Marshall & Pedro Welch.
Contributors: Marshall, Woodville K.; Welch, Pedro  L. V.; Barbados Museum and Historical Society.; University of the West Indies (Cave Hill, Barbados). History Dept.
Publisher: Barbados Museum & Historical Society; The Department of History and Philosophy, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Barbados]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: Slavery -- Barbados -- Bridgetown -- History; Urban renewal -- Barbados; Bridgetown (Barbados) -- History; Barbados -- Politics and government; Bridgetown (Barbados) -- Commerce -- History; Bridgetown (Barbados) -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Section I. The formative years.; title: Celebrating Bridgetown : the first 100 years / Pedro Welch; title: The Sephardic Jews of Bridgetown / Karl Watson; title: Commerce in Bridgetown : the first 150 years / Pedro Welch; title: Historic Bridgetown : development and architecture / Henry Fraser; title: Archaeology in the heart of Bridgetown : material culture from the Mason Hall Street Project / Michael J. Stoner and L. Brett Brinegar.; title: Section II. Social and economic issues and institutions.; title: City the limit : the enslaved community in Bridgetown 1800-1834 / Hilary Beckles; title: Popular culture and the arts in Bridgetown / Marcia Burrowes; title: Of faith and fortune : the church in Bridgetown / Noel Titus; title: Secret and other societies in Bridgetown / Aviston D. Downes; title: The Bridgetown Club : corporate culture in the city / Celia Karch.; title: Section III. Some political perspectives.; title: The politics of Samuel Jackman Prescod in the city / Alana Johnson; title: Labour riots in Bridgetown in the late nineteenth century / Henderson Carter; title: Political awakening in Bridgetown : the Wickham/O'Neal years / David V.C. Browne; title: Clement Payne in the city; or "serious" times in Bridgetown / Woodville Marshall; title: Mottley and the city / R. "Johnny" Cheltenham.; title: Section IV. From present to the future.; title: "Bridgetown today and tomorrow" - the final lecture in the Bridgetown Lecture Series / The Hon. Dame Billie A. Miller.