{"product_id":"islanders-in-the-stream-a-history-of-the-bahamian-people-volume-two-from-the-ending-of-slavery-to-the-twenty-first-century-paperback","title":"Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People: Volume Two: From the Ending of Slavery to the Twenty-First Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Craton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGail Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe present work concludes the important and monumental undertaking of \u003ci\u003eIslanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People\u003c\/i\u003e, creating the most thorough and comprehensive history yet written of a Caribbean country and its people. In the first volume Michael Craton and Gail Saunders traced the developments of a unique archipelagic nation from aboriginal times to the period just before emancipation. This long-awaited second volume offers a description and interpretation of the social developments of the Bahamas in the years from 1830 to the present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVolume Two divides this period into three chronological sections, dealing first with adjustments to emancipation by former masters and former slaves between 1834 and 1900, followed by a study of the slow process of modernization between 1900 and 1973 that combines a systematic study of the stimulus of social change, a candid examination of current problems, and a penetrating but sympathetic analysis of what makes the Bahamas and Bahamians distinctive in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis work is an eminent product of the New Social History, intended for Bahamians, others interested in the Bahamas, and scholars alike. It skillfully interweaves generalizations and regional comparisons with particular examples, drawn from travelers' accounts, autobiographies, private letters, and the imaginative reconstruction of official dispatches and newspaper reports. Lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs and original maps, it stands as a model for forthcoming histories of similar small ex-colonial nations in the region.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Craton (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MICHAEL CRATON is a professor of history at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eEmpire, Enslavement, and Freedom in the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA History of the Bahamas\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGail Saunders (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e GAIL SAUNDERS is the Archivist of the Bahamas in Nassau; her works include \u003ci\u003eBahamian Loyalists and Their Slaves\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBahamian Society After Emancipation\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 584\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 9.21 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130428690567,"sku":"9780820322841","price":67.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/651fa675cce501308b7b687cd7abb07a.webp?v=1732610729","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/islanders-in-the-stream-a-history-of-the-bahamian-people-volume-two-from-the-ending-of-slavery-to-the-twenty-first-century-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}