Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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Page 29
... peasantry . As stated above the compensa- tion given to the planters had been entirely for their own use . No effort was made by the government to encourage the growth of peasant proprietors . That they did emerge as a new class in the ...
... peasantry . As stated above the compensa- tion given to the planters had been entirely for their own use . No effort was made by the government to encourage the growth of peasant proprietors . That they did emerge as a new class in the ...
Page 31
... peasant crop . But it is also a peasant crop which can be exported . The banana was not only taken up by the peasants but also by the landlords and many sugar estates were turned over to this crop . Individual proprietors began to give ...
... peasant crop . But it is also a peasant crop which can be exported . The banana was not only taken up by the peasants but also by the landlords and many sugar estates were turned over to this crop . Individual proprietors began to give ...
Page 67
... peasants may vary from the individual with one or two acres to the real peasant proprietor with several acres , who may be admitted as a member of the middle class . But the black lower class man or woman in the town never really loses ...
... peasants may vary from the individual with one or two acres to the real peasant proprietor with several acres , who may be admitted as a member of the middle class . But the black lower class man or woman in the town never really loses ...
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