[PDF.46he] Plantation Jamaica, 1750-1850: Capital and Control in a Colonial Economy

Plantation Jamaica, 1750-1850: Capital and Control in a Colonial Economy

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 | #3696374 in Books |  2008-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.94 x1.11 x7.06l,1.70 | File type: PDF | 386 pages

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||12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.| Meticulous study of plantation management|By hmf22|The title doesn't quite convey the essence of the work. Higman's monograph is an encyclopedically detailed study of plantation management in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Jamaica, focusing in particular on the role of "planting attorneys," who stood in for absentee proprietors. He draws some parallels to estate ma| |"Another major contribution by the author to West Indian history and the history of slavery ... a first-rate study, among the best recent writings on these topics."

"A sustained tour de force of superb scholarship that deals with an extremely import

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.

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Plantation Jamaica, 1750-1850: Capital and Control in a Colonial Economy   |  Professor B W Higman. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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