Shepherd, Verene A. <br/><br/>
Livestock, sugar and slavery :  contested terrain in colonial Jamaica / 
Verene A. Shepherd. 
 - Kingston, Jamaica  Miami :  Ian Randle Publishers,  c2009. 
 - xl, 279 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  23 cm. 
 - Forgotten histories of the Caribbean .
 - Forgotten histories of the Caribbean. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-274) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789766372569 (pbk.) 9789766374037 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010500705 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Animal industry--History.--Jamaica<br/>Sugarcane industry--History.--Jamaica<br/>Land use--History.--Jamaica<br/>Slavery--History.--Jamaica<br/>Slaves--Emancipation--Jamaica.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9424.J252  / S53 2009 
<br/><br/><label>National Agricultural Library Call No.: </label>HT1096  / .S54 2009