Livestock, sugar and slavery
Subtitle: contested terrain in colonial Jamaica
By: Verene A. Shepherd
Series: Forgotten histories of the Caribbean; Forgotten histories of the Caribbean
Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Kingston; Miami
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9789766372569; 9789766374037
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: Raising livestock in the pre-plantation era; title: The interplay of livestock and cane : contests over land for commodity production; title: Trade and exchange : contesting the classic plantationist trading arrangement; title: The pen-keepers : emergence, demographic profile and economic status; title: The pen-keepers : socio-political status, ideology, relationships and the 'ranking game'; title: The enslaved on pens : demographic profile and work culture; title: Contesting slavery : negotiations for freedom in a slave system; title: Post-slavery adjustments.