Development of the British West Indies - 1700-1763

Table des matières

1. British West India Society in the Eighteenth Century. 2. White Labor in the Sugar Islands. 3. The Slave Trade. 4. Exclusion of Small Proprietors from Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands. 5. Exclusion of Small Proprietors from Jamaica. 6. Capital, Credit, and Currency. 7. Foreign Markets for British Sugar. 8. Agitation for Direct Trade between the West Indies and Europe. 9. International Trade between British North America and the Foreign West Indies, 1686-1730. 10. International Trade between British and Foreign Colonies in the West Indies, 1699-1730. 11. The Molasses Act, 1730-1733. 12. Illicit Commerce, 1733-1748. 13. Illicit Commerce, 1748-1763. 14. The Peace of Paris.

A propos de l'auteur

Frank Wesley Pitman

Résumé

Originally published in 1917, this book is an investigation of industrial and social conditions in the British West Indies in the effort to reach a better understandinf of the part those islands played in the growth and dissolution of the British empire.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Frank Wesley Pitman, Pitman Frank Wesley
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367142544
• ISBN: 978-0-367-14254-4
• Pages: 496
• Thèmes: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, HISTORY / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, International Trade, C 1700 To C 1800, West Indies, International trade and commerce