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Fighting Slavery in the Caribbean
Luis Martinez-Fernandez
其他書名
The Life and Times of a British Family in Nineteenth-Century Havana
出版
M.E. Sharpe
, 1998-04-15
主題
History / Latin America / General
History / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba
Political Science / International Relations / General
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Slavery
Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations
Travel / Caribbean & West Indies
ISBN
0765637774
9780765637772
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=MfdA7kTn6HoC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
This volume presents a social history of life in mid-19th-century Cuba as experienced by George Backhouse (and his wife, Grace), who served on the British Havana Mixed Commission for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Documented with extracts from the Backhouse's correspondence, diaries and other contemporary papers, Martinez-Fernandez paints a detailed picture of the Cuban slave trade, its role in the sugar industry, and the interrelated contradictions within Cuba's economy, society and politics. The Backhouse story provides addition al insights into important aspects of life in the "male" city of Havana, social antagonisms between Britons and North Americans, interactions with European social circles, religious tension, and the reality of tropical disease. Drama is added to the narrative in the author's description of the tragic and mysterious murder of George Backhouse in August 1855, possibly the result of a slave traders' conspiracy.