After introducing The Bahamas and its people, this book traces the history of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. It highlights places of historic interest in Nassau, and features three walking tours of the city. New Providence is then explored by car. This section contains information on Paradise Island. Grand Bahama and Freeport are given a separate section, being the second most important tourist centres in The Bahamas. Turning to the Family Island, descriptions are given and tours are made of these places. The work concludes with sections on night life and useful information about The Bahamas.

The Bahamas: A Family of Islands (Caribbean Guides)

Saunders, Gail

Macmillan Carribean

In this one-of-a-kind study of race and class in the Bahamas, Gail Saunders shows how racial tensions were not necessarily parallel to those across other British West Indian colonies but instead mirrored the inflexible color line of the United States. Proximity to the U.S. and geographic isolation from other British colonies created a uniquely Bahamian interaction among racial groups. Focusing on the post-emancipation period from the 1880s to the 1960s, Saunders considers the entrenched, though extra-legal, segregation prevalent in most spheres of life that lasted well into the 1950s. Saunders traces early black nationalist and pan-Africanism movements, as well as the influence of Garveyism and Prohibition during World War I. She examines the economic depression of the 1930s and the subsequent boom in the tourism industry, which boosted the economy but worsened racial tensions: proponents of integration predicted disaster if white tourists ceased traveling to the islands. Despite some upward mobility of mixed-race and black Bahamians, the economy continued to be dominated by the white elite, and trade unions and labor-based parties came late to the Bahamas. Secondary education, although limited to those who could afford it, was the route to a better life for nonwhite Bahamians and led to mixed-race and black persons studying in professional fields, which ultimately brought about a rising political consciousness. Training her lens on the nature of relationships among the various racial and social groups in the Bahamas, Saunders tells the story of how discrimination persisted until at last squarely challenged by the majority of Bahamians.

Race and Class in the Colonial Bahamas, 1880-1960

History

Americas

University Press of Florida

In this one-of-a-kind study of race and class in the Bahamas, Gail Saunders shows how racial tensions were not necessarily parallel to those across other British West Indian colonies but instead mirrored the inflexible color line of the United States. Proximity to the U.S. and geographic isolation from other British colonies created a uniquely Bahamian interaction among racial groups. Focusing on the post-emancipation period from the 1880s to the 1960s, Saunders considers the entrenched, though extra-legal, segregation prevalent in most spheres of life that lasted well into the 1950s.
Saunders traces early black nationalist and pan-Africanism movements, as well as the influence of Garveyism and Prohibition during World War I. She examines the economic depression of the 1930s and the subsequent boom in the tourism industry, which boosted the economy but worsened racial tensions: proponents of integration predicted disaster if white tourists ceased traveling to the islands. Despite some upward mobility of mixed-race and black Bahamians, the economy continued to be dominated by the white elite, and trade unions and labor-based parties came late to the Bahamas. Secondary education, although limited to those who could afford it, was the route to a better life for nonwhite Bahamians and led to mixed-race and black persons studying in professional fields, which ultimately brought about a rising political consciousness. Training her lens on the nature of relationships among the various racial and social groups in the Bahamas, Saunders tells the story of how discrimination persisted until at last squarely challenged by the majority of Bahamians.

From two leading historians of Bahamian history comes this groundbreaking work on a unique archipelagic nation. Islanders in the Stream is not only the first comprehensive chronicle of the Bahamian people, it is also the first work of its kind and scale for any Caribbean nation. This comprehensive volume details the full, extraordinary history of all the people who have ever inhabited the islands and explains the evolution of a Bahamian national identity within the framework of neighboring territories in similar circumstances. Divided into three sections, this volume covers the period from aboriginal times to the end of formal slavery in 1838. The first part includes authoritative accounts of Columbus’s first landfall in the New World on San Salvador island, his voyage through the Bahamas, and the ensuing disastrous collision of European and native Arawak cultures. Covering the islands’ initial settlement, the second section ranges from the initial European incursions and the first English settlements through the lawless era of pirate misrule to Britain’s official takeover and development of the colony in the eighteenth century. The third, and largest, section offers a full analysis of Bahamian slave society through the great influx of Empire Loyalists and their slaves at the end of the American Revolution to the purported achievement of full freedom for the slaves in 1838. This work is both a pioneering social history and a richly illustrated narrative modifying previous Eurocentric interpretations of the islands’ early history. Written to appeal to Bahamians as well as all those interested in Caribbean history, Islanders in the Stream looks at the islands and their people in their fullest contexts, constituting not just the most thorough view of Bahamian history to date but a major contribution to Caribbean historiography.

Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People: Volume One: From Aboriginal Times to the End of Slavery

Craton, Michael

University of Georgia Press

Take a Deep Breath! You WILL Get Through This! There is Comfort, Support, and Hope for Your Shattered Heart. The death of your loved one has left you reeling, lost, and disoriented. Take my hand: I’ve walked this treacherous journey myself and within the pages of this book I will light your way and give you hope to survive this devastation. Through reading Resilient Heart® you will learn how to: • Navigate grief with knowledge, practical tips, and compassionate guidance • Alleviate the raw pain of your amplified emotions and difficult thoughts • Heal by expressing and honoring your loss and your loved one • Empower yourself by taking action to get out of the abyss • Find your way again and piece yourself and your life back together • Live wholeheartedly, not merely going through the motions In Resilient Heart®, international bestselling author Gail Saunders shares her wealth of experience, hope, wisdom, and love from her heart so that readers can find the answers they are seeking to survive the trauma of grief. “Gail has the ability to express all sides of life and death. Through tears and laughter, her grace, spirituality, and courage shine through. She is quite remarkable in how she grew through her own mourning experience after the death of her beloved husband Frank. Now she sensitively guides others to do the same. This book is both inspirational and transformational.”~ Russell L. McIntyre, Th.D., Professor of Medical Ethics, Rutgers University, NJ, Ordained Lutheran Clergyman. “Gail is a trailblazer in the transformation of grief. I’ve worked with grievers for more than twenty-five years and no one has mourned more creatively, soulfully, and completely. I encouraged her to write a book to inspire others.” ~ Marilyn Grosboll, Grief and Transition Coach

Resilient Heart: Transcending the Death of Your Loved One

Self-Help

Death & Grief

Transformation Books

In this expanded edition of an earlier work (1990) Gail Saunders advances our knowledge of Bahamian history by providing an in depth study of specific episodes and communities as well as important developments in social and economic life of the island chain. Bahamian Society After Emancipation also helps to locate the Bahamas within a regional historical context by showing that despite the absence of sugar and a dominant agricultural economy, the islands’ social development bears great similarities to the countries of the Caribbean.

Bahamian Society After Emancipation (New Expanded Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

Ian Randle Publishers

Slavery in the Bahamas 1648-1838

Media Publishing Ltd.

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The Bahamas: A Family of Islands (Caribbean Guides)

Race and Class in the Colonial Bahamas, 1880-1960

Race and Class in the Colonial Bahamas, 1880-1960

Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People: Volume One: From Aboriginal Times to the End of Slavery

Resilient Heart: Transcending the Death of Your Loved One

Bahamian Society After Emancipation (New Expanded Edition)

Slavery in the Bahamas 1648-1838