Labour pains
Subtitle: resistance and protest in Barbados, 1838-1904
By: Henderson Carter
Series: Forgotten histories of the Caribbean; Forgotten histories of the Caribbean
Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Kingston; Miami
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9789766374051
Subjects: Riots; Protest movements; Social conflict; Labor disputes; Social conditions; History; Labor
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ([241]-251) and index.
Table of contents: title: Historiographical essay; title: Institutionalised oppression after emancipation; title: An era of expanding poverty, 1838-1904; title: Immediate post-emancipation industrial action, 1838-40; title: Food and labour riots, 1854-75; title: The 1876 Confederation rebellion; title: The Depression riots, 1895-98; title: Withdrawal from the plantations, 1838-1904; title: The workers' allies.