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    1. A Descriptive Account of the Island of Jamaica

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Beckford,William (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    1790
    Published:
    London: Printed for T. and J. Egerton
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    2 vols., Subtitled: With remarks upon the cultivation of the sugar-cane, throughout the different seasons of the year, and chiefly considered in a picturesque point of view; also observations and reflections upon what would probably be the consequences of an abolition of the slave-trade, and of the emancipation of the slaves.

    2. A History of Jamaica from its discovery by Christopher Columbus to the present time; including an account of its trade and agriculture; sketches of the manners, habits, and customs of all classes of its inhabitants; and a narrative of the progress of religion and education in the island

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Gardner,W. J. (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    1873
    Published:
    London: Elliot Stock
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    512 p, History of Jamaica written after the abolition of slavery by a man imbued with a sense of 18th-century liberalism. It is based on public records and archives, and the mass of pamphlet literature which had been published over the years.

    4. Role and Limitations of Peasant Co-operatives in Rural Jamaica: The Case of the St. Mary Rural Development Project

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Weis,Tony (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2000
    Published:
    Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Canadian Journal of Development Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    21(3) : 725-751
    Notes:
    The work examines the social and economic conditions of the region and the problems associated in development projects for the area