| Antigua and the Antiguans 2 Volume Set: A Full Account of the Colony and Its Inhabitants Contributor(s): Anonymous (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108027784 ISBN-13: 9781108027786 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $84.54 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 972.9 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection: Slavery and Abolition (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 5.8" W x 8.6" (2.15 lbs) |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Antigua was named by Columbus in 1493, and permanently colonised by the British in 1632. The next two hundred years were full of upheaval that shaped the Caribbean island's identity: bloody battles, agricultural progress, British immigration and the establishment and then the abolition of the slave trade. The British-born author adopted Antigua as her home, and her love for the island is evident in both volumes. Legends, stories and particular island features of interest are introduced through the author's experiences and anecdotes, giving a full picture of Antigua at the turn of the eighteenth to the nineteenth century, when the island's population and landscape changed rapidly and irrevocably due to the slave trade. |