Title Colonial inventions : landscape, power, and representation in nineteenth-century Trinidad / by Amar Wahab

Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 284 pages) : illustrations Summary This book situates its contemplation of the nineteenth-century Trinidadian landscape in the context of an emerging sub-field of Caribbean postcolonial studies, by connecting the visual representation and indexing of colonial landscapes and peoples Other the making of colonial power. Emphasis is placed on three pivotal image catalogues which span the pre and post emancipation periods and which connect the projects of British slavery and indentureship. The book unearths sketches, paintings, lith .. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index Notes Print version record Subject Slavery -- Trinidad and Tobago -- History -- 19th century Black people -- Trinidad and Tobago Black people in art. Indentured servants -- Trinidad and Tobago -- In art East Indians -- Trinidad and Tobago East Indians in art. Slavery in art. Cultural studies. Colonialism & imperialism. Social & cultural history. HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- General. Black people Black people in art British colonies East Indians East Indians in art Indentured servants Slavery Slavery in art SUBJECT Trinidad and Tobago -- In art Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- In art Subject America Trinidad and Tobago Genre/Form Art History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781443819992 1443819999

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