Hierarchies of whiteness in the geographies of empire: Thomas Thistlewood and the Barrets of Jamaica

Shows how a racial solidarity between whites in colonial Jamaica during slavery developed, but covered class differences between whites. Author examines the differences between the lesser-white, socially mobile settlers, and the upper plantocracy. She looks especially at social-structural factors, i...

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Main Author: Cecilia A. Green
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BRILL 2008-12-01
Series:NWIG
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Online Access:http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/35