Reconstructs a biography of enslaved Archibald Monteath, an Igbo, who was brought to Jamaica around 1802, became active in the Moravian Church and later purchased his freedom. This book explores the sociology of slavery from 1750 to the 1860s through Monteath's biography.
Determined, imperious, flighty, charming, Beryl McBurnie was born in Trinidad and went to New York in the early 1940s to study dance and drama. This book portrays the woman, explores the... Læs mere
Buttressed by historical documentary sources, and by painstaking linguistic researches, Maureen Warner-Lewis offers a re-issue and thematic... Læs mere
Presents the final instalment of research and analysis by one of the Caribbean's foremost historians. In this... Læs mere
In this wide-ranging study, Stephen Stuempfle explores the transformation of the landscape (material environment) of Port of Spain from the cocoa boom era at the turn of the twentieth century through Trinidad and Tobago's independence from Britain in 1962.
This is the first full-length biography of George James Christian. Originally from Dominica,... Læs mere
This remarkable description of Jamaica in the 1680s was written by a contemporary English observer, John Taylor, who spent some... Læs mere
Situates the role Errol Barrow played in the transformation of Barbados in the wider Caribbean and international context. This study draws on archival records from Britain and Barbados, and interviews and other sources.
This work provides an account of a poorly understood aspect of Jamaican popular culture. It explores the socio-political meanings of Jamaica's dancehall culture.