A History of Barbados: From Amerindian Settlement to Nation-State

About this book

As Barbados celebrates 350 years of established parliamentary government this concise and authoritative history makes a timely appearance covering the period from the first human settlement by the Amerindians to the present day. Social political and economic themes run throughout the book including detailed aspects of early English colonization the emergence and eventual abolition of the slave trade and the development and growth of the sugar industry. Professor Beckles emphasizes the struggles for social equality civil rights and material betterment detailing their continuous flow through the islands history since 1627.