"Democracy After Slavery examines the reaction against Black political freedom and the unexpected retreat from democracy in two crucial Caribbean contexts, the Republic of Halti and the British colony of Jamaica (separated by only 100 miles and in far closer touch with one anoth…
Victorian Jamaica
Object lessons : Introduction to the vignettes / Wayne Modest and Tim Barringer -- The Cruickshank lock, ca.1838 / Wayne Modest -- Ralph Turnbull, table, ca.1830-40 / John Cross -- A tread-mill scene in Jamaica, 1837 / Diana Paton -- Sligoville with mission premises, 1843 / Cath…
Victorian Jamaica
Victorian Jamaica
This book explores the extraordinary surviving archive of visual representation and material objects to provide a comprehensive account of Jamaican society during Queen Victoria's reign over the British Empire, from 1837 to 1901. In their analyses of material ranging from photog…
Victorian Jamaica explores the extraordinary surviving archive of visual representation and material objects to provide a comprehensive account of Jamaican society during Queen Victoria's reign over the British Empire, from 1837 to 1901. In their analyses of material ranging fro…