West Indies Accounts: Essays on the History of the British Caribbean and the Atlantic Economy in Honour of Richard SheridanCollection of essays written by former students, colleagues, and friends to honor a preeminent economic historian of the Caribbean. Covering period 1650-1850, essays encompass a broad range of topics, with major focus on various aspects of slavery and imperial relations during those years. Excellent introductory essay on Sheridan's contributions to Caribbean economic history. |
Contents
Policy Profits | 29 |
The Taylor Manuscript and SeventeenthCentury Jamaica | 48 |
English Quaker Merchants and War at Sea 16891783 | 64 |
Metropolitan | 87 |
Botanical and Horticultural Enterprise in Eighteenth | 101 |
The West India Interest and the Crisis of American | 126 |
The United States and the British West Indian Trade | 149 |
The Marketing of Slave | 169 |
Sarah Affir | 188 |
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