In this study of the development of a colonial Caribbean territory in the late nineteenth century the diverse peoples of Trinidad - Europeans, white Creoles of French, Spanish and English descent, Africans, Creole blacks, Venezuelans, Chinese and Indian immigrants - occupy the centre stage. They formed a society deeply divided along lines of race, skin colour, economic position and educational level. Dr Brereton looks at how the white elite, both European and Creole, was able to control the society, largely unchecked by the Imperial power and its agents in Trinidad, and then investigates the emergence of a group which would challenge that control: the coloured and black middle class. This book makes an important contribution to the history of the West Indies, and especially to the history of Trinidad, still largely unresearched. It will interest historians and sociologists concerned with the development of post-emancipation Caribbean societies and with race relations in the Americas after slavery.
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In this study of the development of a colonial Caribbean territory in the late nineteenth century the diverse peoples of Trinidad - Europeans, white Creoles of French, Spanish and English descent, Africans, Creole blacks, Venezuelans, Chinese and Indian immigrants - occupy the centre stage.
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The purpose of this study is to examine the nature of society and race relations in Trinidad in the last three decades of the nineteenth century, with special reference to the white, coloured, and black groups. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cocoa contractors, coloured planters, coloured middle class, educated coloureds, cocoa estates, praedial larceny, assisted schools, coloured families, coloured boys, free boys, sugar estates Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Port of Spain, French Creoles, San Fernando, West Indian, West Indies, New Era, Colonial Office, Secretary of State, English Creoles, Louis de Verteuil, United States, Collegiate School, Crown Colony, Model Schools, Legislative Council, Borough Council, Colonial Company, Anglican Church, Donald Wood, Sierra Leone, West African, Inspector of Schools, Robert Guppy, Board of Education, Canadian Mission New!
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The purpose of this study is to examine the nature of society and race relations in Trinidad in the last three decades of the nineteenth century, with special reference to the white, coloured, and black groups. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cocoa contractors, coloured planters, coloured middle class, educated coloureds, cocoa estates, praedial larceny, assisted schools, coloured families, coloured boys, free boys, sugar estates Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Port of Spain, French Creoles, San Fernando, West Indian, West Indies, New Era, Colonial Office, Secretary of State, English Creoles, Louis de Verteuil, United States, Collegiate School, Crown Colony, Model Schools, Legislative Council, Borough Council, Colonial Company, Anglican Church, Donald Wood, Sierra Leone, West African, Inspector of Schools, Robert Guppy, Board of Education, Canadian Mission New!
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- The Spanish Main (The Seafarers) by Peter Wood on 4 pages
- The West Indies and the Spanish Main by Anthony Trollope in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Ordeal of Free Labour in Cb (Library of West Indian Study) by W.G. Sewell in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Free Mulatto by John Baptista Philip on page 87, page 94, and page 200
- Down the Islands by William Agnew Paton in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and Carib to the Present by Jan Rogonzinski in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sport, Racism and Ethnicity by Grant Jarvie on page 21
- Encyclopedia of Percussion (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) by John H. Beck on page 329
- Trinidad & Tobago (Insight Guide Trinidad & Tobago) by Langenscheidt Publishers in Back Matter
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