| The History of Jamaica - Volume 2 Contributor(s): Long, Edward (Author), Edward, Long (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108016456 ISBN-13: 9781108016452 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $73.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General - History | Latin America - Mexico - Travel | Caribbean & West Indies |
| Dewey: 972 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition |
| Physical Information: 1.28" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (2.21 lbs) 638 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Edward Long's three-volume work marks a major turning point in the historiography of Jamaica, as the first attempt at a comprehensive description of the colony, its history, government, people, economy and geography. The son of a prominent Jamaican plantation owner, Long (1734-1813) spent twelve years running his father's property, an experience which permeates his vision of the island's past, present and future. Throughout his book, Long defends slavery as 'inevitably necessary' in Jamaica, suggesting the institution to be implicit in the 'possession of British freedom'. Volume 2 presents a survey of the counties of Jamaica, information on religion, education and health, descriptions and racial classifications of the population, a history of the slave rebellions and details of the legal code governing slavery. This important 1774 book provides fascinating insights into eighteenth-century colonial Jamaica and the ideology of its commercial and administrative elite. |
