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LEADER: 01200cam a2200217 a 4500
001 96116690
003 DLC
005 20021207183616.0
008 960217s1995 jm a b 001 0 eng
010 $a 96116690
020 $a9766400083
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $anwjm---
050 00 $aHT1096$b.H53 1995
100 1 $aHigman, B. W.,$d1943-
245 10 $aSlave population and economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834 /$cB.W. Higman ; with a new introduction.
260 $aKingston, Jamaica :$bThe Press, University of the West Indies,$c1995.
300 $axx, 327 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-323) and index.
520 1 $a"First published in 1976 (see HLAS 40:2983), work is a masterful analysis of the dynamics of slave labor in the economic growth of early-19th-century Jamaica. Discusses various characteristics of slave and free-colored population including mortality, birth rates, manumission, distribution, and structure, as well as jobs performed on island as a whole. Contains excellent statistical tables and new introduction by author"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.$uhttp://www.loc.gov/hlas/
650 0 $aSlavery$zJamaica$xHistory.