Description
First published in 1976, work is a masterful analysis of the dynamics of slave labor in the economic growth of early-19th-century Jamaica.
About the Author
B.W. Higman is Emeritus Professor of History at the Australian National University and Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies. He has doctorates in History and Geography. An Australian, he lived almost thirty years in Jamaica, teaching at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies. Higman's interest in food history began in the Caribbean and resulted in Jamaican Food: History, Biology, Culture (2008). Most of his earlier books were concerned with the history of slavery, and his most recent is A Concise History of the Caribbean (2011).
Book Information
ISBN 9789766400088
Author B.W. Higman
Format Paperback
Page Count 348
Imprint University of the West Indies Press
Publisher University of the West Indies Press
Weight(grams) 530g
About the Author
B.W. Higman is Emeritus Professor of History at the Australian National University and Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies. He has doctorates in History and Geography. An Australian, he lived almost thirty years in Jamaica, teaching at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies. Higman's interest in food history began in the Caribbean and resulted in Jamaican Food: History, Biology, Culture (2008). Most of his earlier books were concerned with the history of slavery, and his most recent is A Concise History of the Caribbean (2011).
Book Information
ISBN 9789766400088
Author B.W. Higman
Format Paperback
Page Count 348
Imprint University of the West Indies Press
Publisher University of the West Indies Press
Weight(grams) 530g
