Account of the Black Charaibs in the Island of St Vincent`s, Young
Автор: Adrian St Aubyn Fraser Название: The 1935 Riots in St Vincent: From Riots to Adult Suffrage ISBN: 9766405972 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789766405977 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5016.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: St Vincent was among the earliest of the British Caribbean colonies to have experienced labour disturbances in the 1930s. While disturbances in the other Caribbean colonies were largely associated with the plantations and with strikes, in St Vincent the riots broke out on the grounds of the court house during a meeting of the Legislative Council on the upper floor. The 1935 Riots in St Vincent: From Riots to Adult Suffrage is the first comprehensive treatment of those disturbances. Fraser’s analysis is to a large extent informed by the use of newspapers and of oral history.In St Vincent, the plantations no longer had total dominance of the colony’s export economy. Instead, peasants, farmers and agricultural labourers were major players in an export economy that had shifted from sugar production to Sea Island cotton and arrowroot, crops that were suited to the lands to which they had access. Of added significance to the events following the riots was the fact that political leaders unearthed by the riots failed to maintain popular support with the advent of adult suffrage in 1951.Interpretations of British West Indian colonial history have to a large extent been informed by the experiences of the larger colonies. An understanding of the St Vincent riots will make a valuable contribution to the literature of the rebellions of the 1930s.
Автор: Eyre, Vincent Название: Journal of an Afghanistan Prisoner ISBN: 036726563X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367265632 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5358.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The destruction of the British army while retreating from Afghanistan in 1842 is one of the most dramatic episodes in British imperial history. This book, first published in 1843 and reissued in 1976, is Eyre`s account of the events leading up to the retreat, the disastrous withdrawal itself, and his time spent in captivity.
