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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198201443

ISBN-139780198201441

eBay Product ID (ePID)2267166

Product Key Features

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBritish West Indian Slavery, 1750-1834 : the Process of Amelioration

Publication Year1988

SubjectUnited States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Caribbean & West Indies / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaHistory

AuthorJ.R. Ward

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height9.8 in

Item Weight20.5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN88-001090

Dewey Edition19

Reviews"Based on an exhaustive survey of the islands' plantation recorfds, this fact-filled statistical summary...[is] the best modern description of the Caribbean sugar industry in the era of slave production in print."--CHOICE"An important work....It contains much new information, discusses useful questions, and provides interesting analysis of important issues. It will be most useful to all concerned with the study of slave societies and their impact upon both the slaves and the masters."--Journal of Economic History, 'Ward's book takes its place as a necessary reference point in the long-running debate on "capitalism and slavery".'Times Literary Supplement, 'careful, well-documented, and significant study ... in the areas on which it concentrates ... it brings forward very valuable evidence and arguments'Michael Tadman, University of Liverpool, Business History, 'a well-researched and well-written study of both the short- and long-term changes in sugar planting ... It is difficult in the short space allotted to this review to do justice to the penetrating analysis and fine judgment displayed by the author.'Richard B. Sheridan, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Slavery and Abolition, "Based on an exhaustive survey of the islands' plantation recorfds, this fact-filled statistical summary...[is] the best modern description of the Caribbean sugar industry in the era of slave production in print."-- Choice "An important work....It contains much new information, discusses useful questions, and provides interesting analysis of important issues. It will be most useful to all concerned with the study of slave societies and their impact upon both the slaves and the masters."-- Journal of Economic History, 'careful, well-documented, and significant study'Tom Donnelly, Coventry Polytechnic, Business History, "Based on an exhaustive survey of the islands' plantation recorfds, this fact-filled statistical summary...[is] the best modern description of the Caribbean sugar industry in the era of slave production in print."--CHOICE "An important work....It contains much new information, discusses useful questions, and provides interesting analysis of important issues. It will be most useful to all concerned with the study of slave societies and their impact upon both the slaves and the masters."--Journal of Economic History, "Based on an exhaustive survey of the islands' plantation recorfds, this fact-filled statistical summary...[is] the best modern description of the Caribbean sugar industry in the era of slave production in print."--Choice "An important work....It contains much new information, discusses useful questions, and provides interesting analysis of important issues. It will be most useful to all concerned with the study of slave societies and their impact upon both the slaves and the masters."--Journal of EconomicHistory, 'Ward's book takes its place as a necessary reference point in the long-running debate on "capitalism and slavery".'Times Literary Supplement'careful, well-documented, and significant study ... in the areas on which it concentrates ... it brings forward very valuable evidence and arguments'Michael Tadman, University of Liverpool, Business History'careful, well-documented, and significant study'Tom Donnelly, Coventry Polytechnic, Business History'a well-researched and well-written study of both the short- and long-term changes in sugar planting ... It is difficult in the short space allotted to this review to do justice to the penetrating analysis and fine judgment displayed by the author.'Richard B. Sheridan, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Slavery & Abolition, "Based on an exhaustive survey of the islands' plantation recorfds, this fact-filled statistical summary...[is] the best modern description of the Caribbean sugar industry in the era of slave production in print."--Choice "An important work....It contains much new information, discusses useful questions, and provides interesting analysis of important issues. It will be most useful to all concerned with the study of slave societies and their impact upon both the slaves and the masters."--Journal of Economic History

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal306/.362/09729

SynopsisThe attempts made by British West Indian planters to improve the treatment of their slaves, partly in response to the rise of the anti-slavery movement, are examined in this new study. The measures taken, Dr Ward argues, had a considerable effect in raising both the standard of living and the productive efficiency of the sugar estates's labour force. Nevertheless, 'amelioration' also suffered serious weaknesses, which ultimately made it ineffective as a means to defend the institution of slavery.This is the first account of Caribbean slavery to be based on the detailed analysis of plantation records from several different sugar colonies. Although focused on the British West Indies, its main theme - the potential for reform and economic development in slave-based societies - has a wider significance., The first account of Caribbean slavery to draw from the plantation records of several different sugar colonies, this book examines the attempts made by British West Indian planters to improve the treatment of their slaves, partly in response to the anti-slavery movement. Ward argues that although the measures taken did raise the standard of living and productive efficiency of plantation slaves, "amelioration" contained serious weaknesses that made it ultimately ineffective as a means of defending the institution of slavery. Though focused on the British West Indies, the book's main theme--the potential for reform and economic development in slave-based societies--will hold wider significance for a variety of economic and social historians., The attempts made by British West Indian planters to improve the treatment of their slaves, partly in response to the rise of the anti-slavery movement, are examined in this new study. The measures taken, Dr Ward argues, had a considerable effect in raising both the standard of living and the productive efficiency of the sugar estates's labour force. Nevertheless, 'amelioration' also suffered serious weaknesses, which ultimately made it ineffective as a means to defend the institution of slavery. This is the first account of Caribbean slavery to be based on the detailed analysis of plantation records from several different sugar colonies. Although focused on the British West Indies, its main theme - the potential for reform and economic development in slave-based societies - has a wider significance.

LC Classification NumberHT1092.W37 1988