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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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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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