Matthew parker's the sugar barons: family, corruption, empire, and war in the west indies is a fine narrative on the nature of british imperialism in the. Tony norfield: the sugar barons: family, corruption, empire and war - matthew parker reviewed by tony norfield review an online literary review. · The Sugar Barons. For years after the West Indies were the most fought-over colonies in the world, as Europeans made and lost immense fortunes growing and trading in sugar - a commodity so lucrative that it was known as white gold. Young men, beset by death and disease, an ocean away from the moral anchors of life in Britain, created 4/5(2). bltadwin.ru: The Sugar Barons: The contemporary image of the West Indies as paradise islands conceals a turbulent, dramatic and shocking history. For years after , the West Indies witnessed one of the greatest power struggles of the age, as Europeans made and lost immense fortunes growing and trading in sugar - a commodity so lucrative that it was known as white gold.
In "Happy families" (Caribbean Review of Books, January ) Bridget Brereton reviews Matthew Parker's The Sugar Barons: Family, Corruption, Empire, and War in the West bltadwin.ru excerpts with a link to the full article below: The Sugar Barons aims to tell the story of the rise and decline of the great Caribbean sugar dynasties, the British families who, over several generations, made. And, as Matthew Parker documents in The Sugar Barons, for years after it was the wild and lawless islands of the Caribbean, not the more prosaic settlements of the North American mainland. Originally published March The early history of the Caribbean (and especially Barbados) is well told in the book Sugar Barons by Matthew Parker. Even by the cruel standards of the time, the descriptions of the treatment of indentured servants and slaves (who were treated even more severely and barbarically) are shocking.
The Sugar Barons The contemporary image of the West Indies as paradise islands conceals a turbulent, dramatic and shocking history. For years after , the West Indies witnessed one of the greatest power struggles of the age, as Europeans made and lost immense fortunes growing and trading in sugar – a commodity so lucrative that it was known as white gold. In this racy, well-researched history, Parker concentrates on such egregiously cruel sugar barons as Thomas Thistlewood, who ran a slave plantation in west Jamaica between and Drax was the first sugar baron, instrumental in making Barbados the richest place in the Americas. St. Nicholas Abbey and Drax Hall (below), Barbados: two of the oldest surviving Jacobean mansions in the Americas. Sugar cane growing today at Drax Hall. Drax Hall, Barbados. © Matthew Parker back to top.
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