Mathurian Mair, Lucille.

A HISTORICAL STUDY OF WOMEN IN JAMAICA, 1655-1844.; Edited and with an introduction by Hilary McD. Beckles and Verene A. Shepard

Kingston: University of the West Indies Press: Centre for Gender and Development Studies, 2006. Paperback. 496p., illus., tables, bibl., index, wrps. New. Item #109863
ISBN: 9766401780

A detailed ethnohistorical and sociological examiantion of women in Jamaica, spanning from the mid-17th to the mid-19th centuries. Examined topics are placed under the following categories: "The Female Arrivants, 1655-1770", "Creole Slave Society, 1770-1834" and "Postscript, 1834-1844". Includes notes.

Price: $65.00