The present work concludes the important and monumental undertaking of Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People, creating the most thorough and comprehensive history yet written of a Caribbean country and its people. In the first volume Michael Craton and Gail Saunders traced the developments of a unique archipelagic nation from aboriginal times to the period just before emancipation. This long-awaited second volume offers a description and interpretation of the social developments of the Bahamas in the years from 1830 to the present. Volume Two divides this period into three chronological sections, dealing first with adjustments to emancipation by former masters and former slaves between 1834 and 1900, followed by a study of the slow process of modernization between 1900 and 1973 that combines a systematic study of the stimulus of social change, a candid examination of current problems, and a penetrating but sympathetic analysis of what makes the Bahamas and Bahamians distinctive in the world. This work is an eminent product of the New Social History, intended for Bahamians, others interested in the Bahamas, and scholars alike. It skillfully interweaves generalizations and regional comparisons with particular examples, drawn from travelers' accounts, autobiographies, private letters, and the imaginative reconstruction of official dispatches and newspaper reports. Lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs and original maps, it stands as a model for forthcoming histories of similar small ex-colonial nations in the region.

Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People: Volume Two: From the Ending of Slavery to the Twenty-First Century

History

Michael Craton

Gail Saunders

Americas

University of Georgia Press

Empire, Enslavement and Freedom in the Caribbean

JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS

History of the Bahamas

Media Enterprises Ltd.

The author describes and explains the origins of West Indian slave plantations, plantocracies, and the relationship between plantocrats and Amerindians, then examines the African background of Caribbean slavery, depicts slave lives and behavior, and discusses modern perceptions of slavery and slave societies.

Empire Enslavement and Freedom in the Caribbean

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Markus Wiener Publishers

Founded upon the Seas: A History of the Cayman Islands and Their People is the first comprehensive history of the Cayman Islands. Research and written by the noted Caribbean historian Dr Michael Crayton and the Cayman Islands New History Committee, it explores in detail the social, economic, and political history of all three islands. Caymanians were once renowned as shipbuilders, turtlers and sailors, and their life, whether on sea or land, was marked by resourcefulness and strong communal ties born of hardship and isolation. Rapid changes since the 1960s have transformed the islands into a major tourist destination and an international banking centre. Founded upon the Seas traces how this distinct community evolved from the days of the first settlers to the era of cruise ships, land development, and international finance. Based on a wealth of information drawn from archives and libraries in the Caribbean, Europe, and North America, the text is illustrated with rare maps, facsimile documents and numerous historical photographs.

Founded upon the Seas: A History of the Cayman Islands and Their Peoples

Ian Randle Publishers,Jamaica

Founded Upon the Seas: A History of the Cayman Islands and Their Peoples

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