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370 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780571227617
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Jamaica used to be the source of much of Britain's wealth, an island where slaves grew sugar and the money flowed in vast quantities. It was a tropical paradise for the planters, a Babylonian exile for the Africans shipped to the Caribbean. It bec...
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370 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780571227617
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Jamaica used to be the source of much of Britain's wealth, an island where slaves grew sugar and the money flowed in vast quantities. It was a tropical paradise for the planters, a Babylonian exile for the Africans shipped to the Caribbean. It bec...