Social Life in the Caribbean, 1838-1938Provides a clear and readable account ofa formative period in the history of the region. The text is divided into two halves: the first half looks at the structure of society and covers issues of race, class and wealth, while the second half looks at four particular aspects of community life - religion, the family, education and festivals... |
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Afro-Christian Anglican Anguilla Bahamas Barbadian Barbados became Belize Black and Indian Brereton Caribbean Caribbean society Carriacou Catholic celebrated Chinese Christian churches Creole population culture diet Dominica dress drums Emancipation English especially estates European French Creoles Grenada Guyana and Trinidad Guyanese Heinemann Hindu huts important Indian children islands Jamaica Jamaican whites Jonkonnu Kingston labourers large numbers larger colonies life-style living London low wages majority married masses middle class families middle group missionaries Modern Trinidad moko jumbie Moslem Moyne Obeah peasant period plantations planters Plate poor Port of Spain Portuguese poverty primary schools race relations racist religion religious riots rural secondary schools servants shopkeepers Siparia slavery slaves social St Kitts St Lucia St Vincent sugar Syrian/Lebanese teachers territories Tobago took towns traditional Trinidad and Guyana Trinidad Carnival Trinidad in Transition typical University Press upper and middle villages West Indian West Indies white upper class women workers