A Jamaican Plantation

A Jamaican Plantation
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 444
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ISBN-10 : 9781487596491
ISBN-13 : 1487596499
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Book Synopsis A Jamaican Plantation by : Michael Craton

Download or read book A Jamaican Plantation written by Michael Craton and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1970-01-01 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worthy Park has archives covering much of its three-hundred year history. Using these records, the authors have written the first complete history of a West Indian sugar estate. However, this is not just the story of a single Jamaican plantation and its people over three hundred years; the study reveals, in microcosm, the social and economic development of the area.

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