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Igniting the Caribbean's past : fire in British West Indian history /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richardson, Bonham C., 1939-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2004]
Subjects:
West Indies, British > History > 19th century.
Fires > West Indies, British > History > 19th century.
Burning of land > West Indies, British > History > 19th century.
Arson > West Indies, British > History > 19th century.
Slave insurrections > West Indies, British > History > 19th century.
Plantation life > West Indies, British > History > 19th century.
West Indies, British > Race relations.
Antilles, Lesser > Historical geography.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Hazards, history, and Caribbean fire
  • Fires in towns and cities
  • Forestry and bush fires
  • Sugarcane fires
  • Fire and water
  • Fires of protest
  • Epilogue.