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The History, Civil And Commercial, Of The British Colonies In The West Indies. To Which Is Added A General Description Of The Bahama Islands By Daniel

The History, Civil And Commercial, Of The British Colonies In The West Indies. To Which Is Added A General Description Of The Bahama Islands By Daniel

Edwards, Bryan

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General Military HistoryGeneral World HistoryBritish History

ISBN10: 9354440479
ISBN13: 9789354440472
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 24 2021
Pages: 442
Weight: 1.42
Height: 0.98 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Plantations, ports and parliaments: inside the making of Britain's Caribbean empire, told by one who watched it unfold. History breathes in these pages. In Volume I of The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, Bryan Edwards offers a detailed survey of the 18th century Caribbean at the height of imperial power, from island societies and political institutions to the everyday machinery of trade and governance. Drawing on his own experience as a planter and observer, Edwards shapes a Caribbean colonial history book and West Indies historical study that explores sugar plantations and slavery, the rise of British West Indies commerce, and the relations between Europe, Africa and the Americas that shaped the wider Atlantic world history studies. Alongside his landmark history of British colonies in the region sits Daniel M'Kinnen's contemporary account, A General Description of the Bahama Islands, making this volume a history of Bahama Islands as well as a british empire history classic. Long prized as a reference for historians and a primary source for researchers, Bryan Edwards West Indies narrative remains essential reading for anyone interested in colonial power, economic ambition and their human cost. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, this careful modern edition invites both curious readers and serious collectors to encounter the West Indies on the terms of those who lived, governed and laboured there.

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