Sugar and Slaves: The Rise of the Planter Class in the English West Indies, 1624-1713 - Softcover

Dunn, Richard S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 976640089X ISBN 13: 9789766400897

Publisher: Univ of West Indies Pr, 2001

Synopsis

Rare book

About this title

Review

Dunn's work is a model of contemporary historical research. He writes with admirable clarity.

"London Financial Times"

"Professor Dunn has written an excellent book: not only is it informative, it is also readable.

"Business History Review""

[This] elegantly written book is easily the finest on the subject and a major addition to colonial scholarship.

"Journal of Economic History"

"A masterly analysis of the Caribbean plantation slave society, its lifestyles, ethnic relations, afflictions, and peculiarities.

"Journal of Modern History""

"Dunn's is rich social history, based on factual data brought to life by his use of contemporary narrative accounts.

Willie Lee Rose, "New York Review of Books""

Professor Dunn has written an excellent book: not only is it informative, it is also readable.

"Business History Review"

İThis¨ elegantly written book is easily the finest on the subject and a major addition to colonial scholarship.

"Journal of Economic History"

A masterly analysis of the Caribbean plantation slave society, its lifestyles, ethnic relations, afflictions, and peculiarities.

"Journal of Modern History"

Dunn's is rich social history, based on factual data brought to life by his use of contemporary narrative accounts.

Willie Lee Rose, "New York Review of Books"

About the Author

Richard S. Dunn is director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of West Indies Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 976640089X
• ISBN 13: 9789766400897
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 359