Everyday Life in the Early English Caribbean: Irish, Africans, and the Construction of Difference

The everyday lives of Irish and Africans are obscured by sources constructed by elites. Through her research, Shaw overcomes the constraints such sources impose by pushing methodological boundaries to fill in the gaps, silences, and absences that dominate the historical record.

Author(s): Jenny Shaw
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2013
Pages: 280
Categories: History