13 research outputs found
Rethinking the fall of the planter class
This issue of Atlantic Studies began life as a one-day conference held at Chawton House Library in Hampshire, UK, and funded by the University of Southampton. The conference aimed, like this issue, to bring together scholars currently working on the history of the British West Indian planter class in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and to discuss how, when, and why the fortunes of the planters went into decline. As this introduction notes, the difficulties faced by the planter class in the British West Indies from the 1780s onwards were an early episode in a wider drama of decline for New World plantation economies. The American historian Lowell Ragatz published the first detailed historical account of their fall. His work helped to inform the influential arguments of Eric Williams, which were later challenged by Seymour Drescher. Recent research has begun to offer fresh perspectives on the debate about the decline of the planters, and this collection brings together articles taking a variety of new approaches to the topic, encompassing economic, political, cultural, and social histor
Rose (J. Holland), Newton (A. P.), and Benians (E. A.), eds., The Cambridge history of the British empire : Vol. VII , part 1, Australia ; part 2, New Zealand, 1933
Ragatz Lowell Joseph. Rose (J. Holland), Newton (A. P.), and Benians (E. A.), eds., The Cambridge history of the British empire : Vol. VII , part 1, Australia ; part 2, New Zealand, 1933. In: Revue d'histoire moderne, tome 9 N°12,1934. p. 187
Rose (J. Holland), Newton (A. P.), and Benians (E. A.), eds., The Cambridge history of the British empire : Vol. VII , part 1, Australia ; part 2, New Zealand, 1933
Ragatz Lowell Joseph. Rose (J. Holland), Newton (A. P.), and Benians (E. A.), eds., The Cambridge history of the British empire : Vol. VII , part 1, Australia ; part 2, New Zealand, 1933. In: Revue d'histoire moderne, tome 9 N°12,1934. p. 187
Soulsby (Hugh G.), The right of search and the slave trade in Anglo-American relations, 1814-1862, 1933
Ragatz Lowell Joseph. Soulsby (Hugh G.), The right of search and the slave trade in Anglo-American relations, 1814-1862, 1933. In: Revue d'histoire moderne, tome 9 N°12,1934. p. 185
March of empire : the European overseas possessions on the eve of the First World War
This volume discusses the political and economic conditions of the various colonies of European countires between the time of the Fashoda crisis in 1898 and the outbreak of World War I in 1914.Includes section on Newfoundland (p. 17).Includes bibliographical references (p. [71]-92)
The question of Egypt in Anglo-French relations, l875-l9O4,
Bibliography: p. 147-149.Mode of access: Internet
A bibliography for the study of European history, 1815 to 1939.
Photocopy (positive) made by University Microfilms.Mode of access: Internet.Photocopy (positive) made by University Microfilms (1st suppl.)Accompanied by "Supplement[s]." ( v. 28 cm.) Published: Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards Brothers [1943]- Bound with main work