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Women in Caribbean history : the British-colonised territories / compiled and edited by Verene A. Shepherd ; for the Social History Project, Dept. of History, Mona University of the West Indies. - Kingston : Princeton : I. Randle ; M. Wiener, 1999. - xx, 189 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History, women and gender analysis -- Indigenous Caribbean women -- European women in the pre-emancipation period -- Enslaved women -- Free women of colour during slavery -- Adjustments to emancipation and socio-economic life in the 19th and 20th centuries -- Immigrant women in the post-slavery period -- On the move: women and emigration in the 19th and 20th centuries -- Women and political activities in the late 19th and 20th centuries.

"Women in Caribbean History is a first attempt to pull together the scattered material on women from the secondary sources into one place with the aim of providing students, teachers and the general reader with easily accessible information on Caribbean women of diverse ethnic origins." "This introductory text attempts to respond to the need to project a more positive image of Caribbean women and to counter the stereotypes and negative images presented by early colonisers and settlers, and the writings of European planters, missionaries and travellers to the Caribbean."--Jacket.

ISBN: 9768123648 9789768123640 0852557620 9780852557624 1558761888 9781558761889 1558761896 9781558761896

LCCN: 98034402

Nat. Bib. No.: GB9966468 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--History.--Caribbean, English-speaking
Femmes--Histoire.--Antilles anglophones
Femmes--Histoire.--Cara ibes (R egion)
Femmes--Conditions sociales.--Cara ibes (R egion)
Femmes--Conditions sociales.--Antilles anglophones
Noires--Conditions sociales.--Antilles anglophones
Noires--Conditions sociales.--Cara ibes (R egion)
Noires--Histoire.--Antilles anglophones
Noires--Histoire.--Cara ibes (R egion)
Femmes esclaves--Histoire.--Cara ibes (R egion)
Femmes esclaves--Antilles anglophones--Histoire.
Femmes esclaves--Conditions sociales.--Antilles anglophones
Femmes esclaves--Conditions sociales.--Cara ibes (R egion)
Women.
Vrouwen.
Women--Social conditions.--Carribbean Area
Women--History.--Carribbean Area
Women, Black--Social conditions.--Carribean Area
Women, Black--History.--Carribean Area

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
English-speaking Caribbean Area.

Subjects--Index Terms: Mujeres Caribe (Regi on) Historia.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: HQ1525.4 / .W66 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 305.4/09729