History, Civil and Commercial, of the West Indies - With a Continuation to the Present Time

Klappentext This groundbreaking history of the West Indies, originally published in 1793, remained a standard work, being repeatedly expanded and updated. Zusammenfassung This wide-ranging history of the West Indies was originally published in 1793! and is here presented in the five- volume edition of 1819. As a planter! Edwards is particularly concerned with agriculture! commerce and the question of slavery! but also includes history! anthropology! politics and colonial affairs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Book IV. Present Inhabitants: 1. Summary account of the inhabitants of the several islands; 2. Of Negroes in a state of slavery; 3. Mandingoes, or natives of the Windward Coast; 4. Means of obtaining slaves in Africa; 5. Arrival and sale in the West Indies; Appendixes; Book V. Agriculture: 1. Sugar cane; 2. Crop-time the season of health and festivity; 3. Capital necessary in the settlement or purchase of a sugar plantation of a given extent; 4. Of the minor staple commodities; Appendix; Book VI. Government and Commerce: 1. Colonial establishments; 2. House of Assembly; 3. Principles on which the nations of Europe settled colonies in America; 4. Trade between the British West Indies and North America previous to the late civil war; 5. Charges brought against the planters introductory of opinions and doctrines the design of which is to prove, that the settlement of the British plantations was improvident and unwise; Appendix containing tables of West Indian exports and imports to and from Great Britain and Ireland.

Product details

• Authors: Bryan Edwards, Edwards Bryan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.2010
• EAN: 9781108024761
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02476-1
• No. of pages: 638
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition; The History, Civil and Commercial, of the West Indies 5 Volume Paperback Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, c 1500 onwards to present day, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology