| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 229 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History ; volume 39 |
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Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history ; v. 39.
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| Contents |
Introduction; 1. Lost in Translation? Tracking Robinson Crusoe Across the Eighteenth Century; 2. Vernon's Nemesis: The Caribbean Expeditions of 1741-42; 3. War, Race and Labour in Caribbean Waters, 1740-50; 4. Piracy and Slavery Aboard the Black Prince, 1760-77; 5. Rebellion, War and the Jamaican Conspiracy of 1776; 6. War, Race and Marginality: The Mosquito Coast in the Eighteenth Century; 7. Eighteenth-century Warfare in the Tropics: the Nicaraguan Expedition of 1780; 8. The Carbet and the Plantation: The Black Caribs of Saint Vincent; Postscript: The Caribbean Crucible at the Turn of the Century; ; Appendix: Black Risings, Conspiracies and Marronage, 1773-80; Bibliography |
| Summary |
Far from the romanticised image of the swashbuckling genre of maritime history, the eighteenth-century Caribbean was a 'marchlands' in which violence was a way of life and where solidarities were transitory and highly volatile |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 21, 2021) |
| Subject |
War -- History -- 18th century
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Diseases -- West Indies, British -- History -- 18th century
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HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century.
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Diseases
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Race relations
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Social conditions
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War
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| SUBJECT |
West Indies, British -- History -- 18th century
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West Indies, British -- Social conditions -- 18th century
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West Indies, British -- Race relations -- 18th century
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| Subject |
West Indies -- British West Indies
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781800102163 |
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180010216X |
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9781800102170 |
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1800102178 |
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