Transition in Dominica, West Indies, 1880-1946

What is it about?

This is a study of class and gender relations in Dominica, West Indies, during one of its boom-bust cycles of plantation economy. This cycle encompassed the state sponsorship and rise and decline of the lime citrus industry and a new planter class; the subsequent coming into prominence of the peasantry in Dominica's political economy and in Colonial Office policy; the favoring of men in peasant proprietorship and production forms; and the shifting roles of women.

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