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Higman, B. W., 1943-

Plantation Jamaica, 1750-1850 : capital and control in a colonial economy / B.W. Higman. - Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2008. - xiv, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Planters and proprietors -- Part 1: Managers -- Managerial hierarchies -- Planting attorneys -- Keeping accounts -- Communicating -- Part 2: Managing -- Two attorneys -- Managing Golden Grove, 1765-1775 -- Managing Montpelier, 1839-1843 -- Honour among thieves.

ISBN: 9789766402099 9766402094

LCCN: 2008475170

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1700-1899

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Plantations--History--Jamaica--18th century.
Plantations--History--Jamaica--19th century.
Plantations--Management.--Jamaica
Plantation owners--Economic conditions.--Jamaica
Plantations.
Plantations--Management.
Plantations--History--Jamaica--18th century.
Plantations--History--Jamaica--19th century.
Plantations--Management.--Jamaica
Plantation owners--Economic conditions.--Jamaica

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Montpelier Plantation (Jamaica)
Golden Grove Estate (Jamaica)
Jamaica.
Jamaica--Montpelier Plantation.
Golden Grove Estate (Jamaica)
Montpelier Plantation (Jamaica)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

Index Terms--Function:
TTNB--2005.

LC Class. No.: F1884 / .H54 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 972.92 / H638p