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"A significant contribution to the history of the Caribbean and to the comparative study of slavery and transitions to free labor systems."--O. Nigel Bolland, Colgate University "An extended and comprehensive history of the Bahamas....

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"A significant contribution to the history of the Caribbean and to the comparative study of slavery and transitions to free labor systems."--O. Nigel Bolland, Colgate University "An extended and comprehensive history of the Bahamas....

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"An excellent case study of a little-studied and poorly known community experiencing the processes of identity formation and culture change."--Brent R. Weisman, University of South Florida This is the first full-length ethnography of a u...

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"Creatively drawing on documentary sources and oral histories, Tinker offers invaluable insights into the social, political, and economic forces that have helped shape the history of West Indian migrations to the Bahamas--a country that has o...

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"e;Brilliant. Puts the Bahamas on the map with Jamaica, Antigua, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone as sites where black refugees who fled the American victory in the War of Independence added mightily to the economy and religious life in their new...

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After the American Revolution, enslaved and free blacks who had been loyal to the British cause arrived in the Bahamas, drawn by British promises of liberty and land. Freedom and Resistance shows how black loyalists struggled to find freedom, clas...

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One of the British Empire's most isolated and poorest colonies, the Bahamas has never quite seen itself as part of the British West Indies nor vice versa. Although the Bahamas had class tensions similar to those found in other British colonial lan...

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Although the Bahamas is geographically part of the West Indies, its population has consistently rejected attempts to link Bahamian national identity to the histories of its poorer Caribbean neighbors. The result of this attitude has been that the ...

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One of the British Empires most isolated and poorest colonies, the Bahamas has never quite seen itself as part of the British West Indies nor vice versa. Although the Bahamas had class tensions similar to those found in other British colonial land...

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"e;Saunders resoundingly affirms the relevance of island history. Scholars will appreciate the detail and insights."e;--Choice"e;Deftly unravels the complex historical interrelationships of race, color, class, economics, and environmen...

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After the American Revolution, enslaved and free blacks who had been loyal to the British cause arrived in the Bahamas, drawn by British promises of liberty and land. Freedom and Resistance shows how Black Loyalists struggled to find freedom, clas...

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In this one-of-a-kind study of race and class in the Bahamas, Gail Saunders shows how racial tensions were not necessarily parallel to those across other British West Indian colonies but instead mirrored the inflexible color line of the United Sta...

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After the American Revolution, enslaved and free blacks who had been loyal to the British cause arrived in the Bahamas, drawn by British promises of liberty and land. Freedom and Resistance shows how Black Loyalists struggled to find freedom, clas...

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Enterprising Slaves & Master Pirates is an interdisciplinary account of economic life in the Bahamas. The Bahamas' economic story is an interesting tale, full of vibrant color- a story of short-lived booms followed by protracted busts, where d...

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Island Follies is the first book to explore the work of Henry Melich (1924-1999), a Czech-born architect who brought a beguiling form of neoclassicism to the Caribbean. While Melich built projects in the United States and England, he s best rememb...

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Written by acclaimed Miami playwright Sandra Riley, a trilogy of plays based on the lives of three real individuals who lived through the rich history of the Bahamas from the Age of Piracy to the turn of the 20th century: Miss Ruby relives her lov...

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The ORIGINAL Eleuthera Beaches Book - First edition published in 2001 Only the Best Beaches The authors have chosen to document beaches where you'll actually want stay a while, so you don't waste precious vacation time searching for the ...

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The human element of a relatively small incident like the loss of the relatively small, 3530-ton Cygnet, is both compelling and illustrative of the larger, global struggle. The ship itself had served the US government in World War I, and run betwe...

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Mailboats of the Bahamas is the story of a humble fleet of cast-off merchant boats which continue to serve over 50 remote communities in the Bahamas archipelago. This first-of-its-kind book traces the story of over 200 vessels and the mariners and...

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When Christopher Columbus stepped ashore on the Lucayan island of Guanahaní, the people greeted him with gifts of parrots and cotton. They gave all they had. Columbus later told Queen Isabella of Spain that these gentle, peaceful islanders ...

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BAHAMAS SURPRISE takes place as the United States finally climbs out of the Great Recession of 2008. The world has regained its prosperity, but there are always storm clouds of one kind or another as the world powers reposition themselves. Seth St...

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A mystery with Michael Hanlon and Louie Ragsdale's visit to a beautiful island at one of the very best times of the year to be away from New England … November! How about the beaches and bone fishing? What's the story on the Blue Holes?...

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BAHAMAS IN WORLD WAR II: Utilizing the actual diaries of the navies and air forces of Germany, Italy, Britain, and United States, as well as records from the merchant ships of dozens of nations, this book tells the story of daily activities i...

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This book focuses on the complex issues of tourism development, governance and sustainability in the long-standing popular island destination, The Bahamas, where tourism remains one of the primary fiscal industries. The book achieves this by looki...

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This book focuses on the complex issues of tourism development, governance and sustainability in the long-standing popular island destination, The Bahamas, where tourism remains one of the primary fiscal industries. The book achieves this by looki...

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