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STUDIES IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY This series, specially commissioned by the Economic History Society, provides a guide to the current interpretations of the key themes of economic and social history in which advances have recently been made or in which there has been significant debate. Originally entitled 'Studies in Economic History', in 1974 the serieshad itsscope extended to include topics insocialhistory, and the new series title, 'Studies' in Economic and Social History', signalisesthis development. The seriesgivesreaders accessto the best work done, helpsthem to draw their own conclusions in major fields of study, and by means of the critical bibliography in each book guides them in the selection offurther reading. The aimisto provide aspringboard to further work rather than a set of pre-packaged conclusions or short-cuts. 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Ward Poverty and Progress intheCaribbean, 1800-1960 OTHERTITLES ARE IN PREPARATION Poverty and Progress in the Caribbean 1800-1960 Preparedfor The EconomicHistory Societyby j.n. WARD Lecturer in Economic History University of Edinburgh M MACMILLAN ©The EconomicHistorySociety 1985 Allrights reserved. No reproduction, copyor transmissionofthispublicationmay bemade without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with writtenpermissionor in accordance with theprovisionsofthe CopyrightAct 1956(asamended). Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liableto criminal prosecution and civilclaimsfor damages. First published 1985 Published by Higherand FurtherEducationDivision MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS LTO Houndmills, Basingstoke, HampshireRG21 2XS and London Companiesand representatives throughout the world British Library Cataloguingin Publication Data Ward, J.R. Poverty and progress in the Caribbean 1800-1960. -(Studiesin economic and social history) 1. CaribbeanArea-Economicconditions I. Title II. Series 330.9182'1 HC151 ISBN978-0-333-37212-8 ISBN978-1-349-07395-5(eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-07395-5 Contents List ofTables, MapandGraph 6 Note onReferences 7 Editor'sPreface 11 1 Introduction 13 2 TheLastYearsofSlavery 17 3 Adjustmentsto Emancipation 31 4 ProblemsofEconomicDevelopment 46 5 GeneralConclusion 66 Notes 69 SelectBibliography 70 Index 79 5 ListofTables, Map andGraph Tables I Levelsof Gross Domestic Product per Head of Population 14 II AverageAnnual SugarProduction 27 III Land-Population Ratios and Changes in Sugar ProductionafterEmancipation 34-5 Map: The Caribbean 8 Graph: LondonPriceofRawSugar1800-1939 9 6 Note on References References inthe textwithinsquarebrackets relateto the numbered items in the SelectBibliography, followed, where necessary, by the page number in italics, for example (1:45]. 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