A Study on the Historiography of the British West Indies to the End of the Nineteenth Century, Issue 186Study based on the printed histories available in the libraries of the University College of the West Indies and of the Institute of Jamaica. |
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... object in view that he composed his account . Before attempting to deal with the West Indies , Thomas set out to define the standards by which he judged their importance to England . 81 The result is an exercise in mercantilist theory ...
... object in view that he composed his account . Before attempting to deal with the West Indies , Thomas set out to define the standards by which he judged their importance to England . 81 The result is an exercise in mercantilist theory ...
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... object ; 291 and perhaps it is reassuring to find that he gives so little information about these islands , since very little indeed can have been known of them in England . With regard to the society which had taken form in the West ...
... object ; 291 and perhaps it is reassuring to find that he gives so little information about these islands , since very little indeed can have been known of them in England . With regard to the society which had taken form in the West ...
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... object of planter vengeance . This man , he says , was " a very pious man , but weak in body , and not very strong in mind . " 653 On what authority ? That , of course , is not stated . Smith again 651 Rodway , op . cit . It is very ...
... object of planter vengeance . This man , he says , was " a very pious man , but weak in body , and not very strong in mind . " 653 On what authority ? That , of course , is not stated . Smith again 651 Rodway , op . cit . It is very ...
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