Antigua and Barbuda: An Annotated Critical Bibliography.
Riva Berleant-Schiller and Susan Lowes, 1995
This annotated bibliography is the only comprehensive reference book available for locating published information on Antigua and Barbuda. It includes annotations and evaluative information for each one. It is organized by subject areas, such as geography, geology, flora and fauna, archaeology, history, etc. It is up to date as of 1995.
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"They Couldn't Mash Ants":
The Decline of White and Non-White Elites in Antigua, 1834-1900
This is the story of the decline of sugar, and of the white and brown planter and merchant population, during the years from emancipation to 1900.
From Small Islands, Large Questions: Society, Culture, and Resistance in the Post-Emancipation Caribbean, edited by Karen Fog Olwig (London: Cass, 1995). Click here to go to chapter (pdf).
From Small Islands, Large Questions: Society, Culture, and Resistance in the Post-Emancipation Caribbean, edited by Karen Fog Olwig (London: Cass, 1995). Click here to go to chapter (pdf).
The 1918 Riots: "Them Planters Got Real Shook Up"
This is the story of the 1918 riots, when the people from town and country stood up to the planters.
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Of Soldiers, Lepers, Lunatics, Rum Makers, and the History of Rat Island, Antigua
Rat Island, located on the north side of St. John’s Harbour, has a long and storied history, one that should not be forgotten in the face of gradual encroachment by a growing modern harbour facility. This short paper details its history, from the time when it housed a fort in the 1600s, through its evolution into a signal station, the site of a leper colony and lunatic asylum, and a rum distillery.
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Rum and Coca-Cola: The Arrival of the Americans and the Restructuring of Social Relations in Antigua in the 1940s
This paper is a version of Chapter 10 of The Peculiar Class (see below). The focus is the changes in social relations brought about by the coming of the Americans and includes a fairly lengthy section on the Portuguese. It was presented at the University of the West Indies Antigua and Barbuda Country Conference in November 2003.
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The U.S. Bases in Antigua and the New Winthorpes Story
This is the story of the time at the beginning of World War II when the U.S. established two bases in Antigua, moving a village to do so, and the social upheaval that resulted. It contains some of the material in the conference paper (above) but with the addition of research on the establishment of New Winthorpes. It is published as a website, with archival photos and other images.
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The Peculiar Class: The Formation, Collapse, and Re-formation
of the Middle Class in Antigua, West Indies, 1843-1940
[Ph.D. dissertation, 1994, Columbia University]
