The Plantation Machine
Author | : Trevor Burnard |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2016-06-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780812248296 |
ISBN-13 | : 0812248295 |
Rating | : 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Plantation Machine by : Trevor Burnard
Download or read book The Plantation Machine written by Trevor Burnard and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jamaica and Saint-Domingue were especially brutal but conspicuously successful eighteenth-century slave societies and imperial colonies. Trevor Burnard and John Garrigus trace how the plantation machine developed between 1748 and 1788 and was perfected against a backdrop of almost constant external war and imperial competition.