Plantation Jamaica, 1750-1850: Capital and Control in a Colonial Economy - B. W. Higman - Books - University of the West Indies Press - 9789766402099 - 2008
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Plantation Jamaica, 1750-1850: Capital and Control in a Colonial Economy


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Aalyses the important but neglected role of the attorneys who managed estates, chiefly for absentee proprietors, and assesses their efficiency and impact on Jamaica during slavery and freedom. This work charts both the extent of absentee ownership and the complex structure of the managerial hierarchy that stretched across the Atlantic.


400 pages, maps & illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released 2008
ISBN13 9789766402099
Publishers University of the West Indies Press
Pages 400
Dimensions 255 × 181 × 30 mm   ·   771 g

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