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Livestock, sugar and slavery : contested terrain in colonial Jamaica / Verene A. Shepherd.

By: Series: Forgotten histories of the Caribbean | Forgotten histories of the CaribbeanPublication details: Kingston, Jamaica Miami : Ian Randle Publishers, c2009.Description: xl, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789766372569 (pbk.)
  • 9789766374037 (hbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD9424.J252 S53 2009
Contents:
Raising livestock in the pre-plantation era -- The interplay of livestock and cane : contests over land for commodity production -- Trade and exchange : contesting the classic plantationist trading arrangement -- The pen-keepers : emergence, demographic profile and economic status -- The pen-keepers : socio-political status, ideology, relationships and the 'ranking game' -- The enslaved on pens : demographic profile and work culture -- Contesting slavery : negotiations for freedom in a slave system -- Post-slavery adjustments.
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Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Overnight Books and Pamphlets Overnight Books and Pamphlets Main Campus Reserve Book Collection Reserve Book Collection RBC 972.92 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 079426
Overnight Books and Pamphlets Overnight Books and Pamphlets Main Campus Reserve Book Collection Reserve Book Collection RBC 972.92 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 079427
West Indies Books and Pamphlets West Indies Books and Pamphlets Main Campus West Indies Collection West Indies Collection RBC/WIC 972.92 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 079425
West Indies Books and Pamphlets West Indies Books and Pamphlets Old Harbour Campus West Indies Collection West Indies Collection RBC/WIC 972.92 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 079424
West Indies Books and Pamphlets West Indies Books and Pamphlets Old Harbour Campus West Indies Collection West Indies Collection RBC/WIC 972.92 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 079423

Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-274) and index.

Raising livestock in the pre-plantation era -- The interplay of livestock and cane : contests over land for commodity production -- Trade and exchange : contesting the classic plantationist trading arrangement -- The pen-keepers : emergence, demographic profile and economic status -- The pen-keepers : socio-political status, ideology, relationships and the 'ranking game' -- The enslaved on pens : demographic profile and work culture -- Contesting slavery : negotiations for freedom in a slave system -- Post-slavery adjustments.

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