{"product_id":"islanders-in-the-stream-a-history-of-the-bahamian-people-volume-one-from-aboriginal-times-to-the-end-of-slavery-9780820321226","title":"Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People: Volume One: From Aboriginal Times to the End of Slavery","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom two leading historians of Bahamian history comes this groundbreaking work on a unique archipelagic nation. \u003ci\u003eIslanders in the Stream\u003c\/i\u003e is not only the first comprehensive chronicle of the Bahamian people, it is also the first work of its kind and scale for any Caribbean nation. This comprehensive volume details the full, extraordinary history of all the people who have ever inhabited the islands and explains the evolution of a Bahamian national identity within the framework of neighboring territories in similar circumstances. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDivided into three sections, this volume covers the period from aboriginal times to the end of formal slavery in 1838. The first part includes authoritative accounts of Columbus's first landfall in the New World on San Salvador island, his voyage through the Bahamas, and the ensuing disastrous collision of European and native Arawak cultures. Covering the islands' initial settlement, the second section ranges from the initial European incursions and the first English settlements through the lawless era of pirate misrule to Britain's official takeover and development of the colony in the eighteenth century. The third, and largest, section offers a full analysis of Bahamian slave society through the great influx of Empire Loyalists and their slaves at the end of the American Revolution to the purported achievement of full freedom for the slaves in 1838. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis work is both a pioneering social history and a richly illustrated narrative modifying previous Eurocentric interpretations of the islands' early history. Written to appeal to Bahamians as well as all those interested in Caribbean history, \u003ci\u003eIslanders in the Stream\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the islands and their people in their fullest contexts, constituting not just the most thorough view of Bahamian history to date but a major contribution to Caribbean historiography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-73834\"\u003eMichael Craton\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-300634\"\u003eGail Saunders\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.15w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820321226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820321222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS041000\"\u003eCaribbean \u0026amp; West Indies | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Craton (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MICHAEL CRATON is a professor of history at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eEmpire, Enslavement, and Freedom in the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA History of the Bahamas\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGail Saunders (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e GAIL SAUNDERS is the Archivist of the Bahamas in Nassau; her works include \u003ci\u003eBahamian Loyalists and Their Slaves\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBahamian Society After Emancipation\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44526474002669,"sku":"9780820321226","price":62.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_f17b7654-5e6e-4272-86f7-b3525e15dcae.jpg?v=1701363570","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/islanders-in-the-stream-a-history-of-the-bahamian-people-volume-one-from-aboriginal-times-to-the-end-of-slavery-9780820321226","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}