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"General History of the Caribbean"
 
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Preface, by Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, p. vi
Description of the Project, by Sir Roy Augier, p. ix
List of contributors, p. xii
List of Tables

Introduction, by Franklin W. Knight, p. 1

1. The slave trade, African slavers and the demographyof the Caribbean in 1750,by Colin A. Palmer, p. 9

2. The demographic structure of the Caribbean slave societies in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, by Slanley L. Engerman and B; W. Higman, p. 45

3. The slave economies of the Caribbean: Structure,performance evolution and significance, by David Eltis, p. 105

4. The social structure of the slave societies in the Caribbean, by Gad Heuman, p. 138

5. Maroon ecommunicties in the circum-Caribbean,by Silvia W. de Groot, Cathernine A. Christen and Franklin W. Knight, p. 169

6. Social and political control in the slave society,by Hilary McD. Beckles, p. 194

7. Forms of resistance to slavery, by Michael Craton, p. 222

8. Pluralism, creolization and culture, by Franklin W; Knight, p. 271

9. Religious beliefs, by Mary Turner, p. 287

10. The disintegration of the Caribbean slave systems, 1772-1886, by Franklin W. Knight, p. 322

Bibliography, p. 346
Index, p. 368