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Race and Class in the Colonial Bahamas, 1880-1960
"Saunders resoundingly affirms the relevance of island history. Scholars will appreciate the detail and insights."--Choice "Deftly unravels the complex historical interrelationships of race, color, class, economics, and environment in the Colonial Bahamas. An invaluable study for scholars who conduct comparative research on the British Caribbean."--Rosalyn Howard, author of Black Seminoles in the Bahamas "Saunders is to be commended for a scholarly study that prominently features the non-white majority in the Bahamas--a group which usually has been overlooked."--Whittington B. Johnson, author of Post-Emancipation Race Relations in The Bahamas In this one-of-a-kind study of race and class in ...
Islanders in the Stream: From aboriginal times to the end of slavery
From two leading historians of Bahamian history comes this groundbreaking work on a unique archipelagic nation. Islanders in the Stream is not only the first comprehensive chronicle of the Bahamian people, it is also the first work of its kind and scale for any Caribbean nation. This comprehensive volume details the full, extraordinary history of all the people who have ever inhabited the islands and explains the evolution of a Bahamian national identity within the framework of neighboring territories in similar circumstances. Divided into three sections, this volume covers the period from aboriginal times to the end of formal slavery in 1838. The first part includes authoritative accounts o...
Rain
Simply describes what rain is and the cycle that repeatedly brings water to the earth.
Bahamian Loyalists and Their Slaves
"This book was originally published to coincide with the bicentennial of the arrival of the American Loyalists in The Bahamas. It describes the Loyalist influx in the 1780s, their settlement and the social, political and economic influence they exerted on their adopted home. The author gives a brief description of their original settlements pointing out the differences between the Loyalists who settled in the northern Bahamas and those who settled in the south. She examines the slaves of the Loyalists and concludes that their descendants significantly influenced Bahamian history. The economic impact of the Loyalists and their slaves is considered in depth together with their influence in religion, and social and cultural life. Finally, she mentions the rift which developed in politics between newcomers and the old inhabitants."--Page 4 of cover.
Animals in the Fall
Text and photographs present the behavior changes of animals as winter approaches, such as growing thicker fur, migrating, and hibernating.
Nassau's Historic Landmarks
Nassau's Historic Landmarks attempts to capture through photography, the form and beauty of some of the oldest and most architecturally outstanding buildings of Nassau.
Bahamian Society After Emancipation
An examination of the social aspects of Bahamian society between the early-19th and mid-20th centuries, locating the Bahamas within the regional and historical context of the West Indies. It shows that the Bahamas' social development bears great similarities to other countries of the Caribbean.
From Bud to Blossom
Text and photographs describe the stage in the life cycle of apples when the buds on a tree turn into leaves and apple blossoms.
Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People
From two leading historians of Bahamian history comes this groundbreaking work on a unique archipelagic nation. Islanders in the Stream is not only the first comprehensive chronicle of the Bahamian people, it is also the first work of its kind and scale for any Caribbean nation. This comprehensive volume details the full, extraordinary history of all the people who have ever inhabited the islands and explains the evolution of a Bahamian national identity within the framework of neighboring territories in similar circumstances. Divided into three sections, this volume covers the period from aboriginal times to the end of formal slavery in 1838. The first part includes authoritative accounts o...
