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Jamaica, an island mosaic.

By:

Abrahams, Peter, 1919-2017

Series: The Corona library | Corona libraryAnalytics: Show analyticsPublication details: London, H.M. Stationery Office, 1957.Description: xv, 284 pages illustrations, plates (1 color), folded map 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

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Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Jamaica.; Jamaica.DDC classification:

917.292

LOC classification:

F1868 .A5

Contents:

Landfall: Out of time ; Gentle Arawaks -- Streets of Spanish Town: Spanish Jamaica ; Spaniards expelled -- Morgan's Town -- Freemen, Bondsmen, Slaves: Road to Frome ; Pattern of slavery ; Maroon country ; Struggle for abolition -- Road to Morant Bay: Edward Jordon ; Special magistrates ; Unhappy apprentice ; Assembly versus Parliament ; Friendly hills ; Years of decay ; Queen's letter ; Morant Bay -- Faces of Kingston: View from the hills ; Golden boy ; Care and protection ; Jamaica welfare ; Crown colony ; Awakening -- New Jamaica: Busta ; Federation ; P.N.P. -- 'Jamaica 300': Celebrations ; Jamaica's voice ; Art ; Buy Jamaican -- Hills, Finally: 'Land is the life of the people' ; Green Town ; Debate ; Departure -- App. A: C.D. & W. Assistance -- App. B: Jamaica's exports.

Summary: History of the island and its people from the days of the Arawak Indians to the present.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	OCLC Data		Available		0000000001679

Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-274).

History of the island and its people from the days of the Arawak Indians to the present.

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