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Title An archaeology and history of a Caribbean sugar plantation on Antigua / edited by Georgia L. Fox.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 317 pages).
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Series Florida Museum of Natural History : Ripley P. Bullen series
Ripley P. Bullen series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreword / Charles E. Orser Jr. -- Part I. Introduction to Betty's Hope Plantation -- Introduction / Georgia L. Fox -- The Great House / Georgia L. Fox -- Reconstructing a History of Plantation Spaces at Betty's Hope / Cory Look -- Part II. Maintaining the Plantation -- Barbuda and the Provisioning of the Codrington Estates on Antigua / Jennifer L. Anderson -- Food Provisioning at Betty's Hope Plantation, 1780s-1850s / Genevieve Godbout -- Not Much Ado about Mollusks: Zooarchaeological Analysis of Mollusks at Betty's Hope Plantation in Antigua, West Indies / Alexis Ohman -- Part III. Cane Agriculture and Its Legacy -- Agriculture at Betty's Hope / Georgia L. Fox -- The Landscape Legacies of Sugar and Rum: An Historical-Ecological Perspective from Betty's Hope / Suzanna M. Pratt, E. Christian Wells, and Anthony R. Tricarico -- Part IV. Enslaved Life at Betty's Hope -- "Choicest of the Cargoe": Antigua, the Codringtons, and the Slave Trade, c. 1672-1808 / James F. Dator -- Enslaved Life at Betty's Hope / Georgia L. Fox -- Chemical Sourcing of Afro-Antiguan Wares from Betty's Hope Plantation: A Comparative Analysis / Benjamin C. Kirby -- Part V. Betty's Hope and Beyond -- "Primed with Flip and Toddy": The Globalized Material Culture of Rum Production at Betty's Hope / Charlotte Goudge -- Beyond the Plantation: The Codringtons, Betty's Hope, and the Defense of Antigua, 1670-1714 / Christopher K. Waters -- Part VI. Cultural Heritage Management at Betty's Hope -- The Restoration of the Betty's Hope North Windmill, Antigua, West Indies / Reginald Murphy -- A Scenic Route to Interpretation: The Betty's Hope Visitors Center Exhibition as Cultural Heritage Management / Amanda Kramp -- Using UAVs to Manage Archaeological Heritage: A Multi-Scale Analysis Approach / Erin Friedman, Cory Look, and Matthew Brown -- Afterword: Final Days at Betty's Hope / Georgia L. Fox
Summary "This volume uses archaeological and historical evidence to reconstruct daily life at Betty's Hope plantation on the island of Antigua, one of the largest sugar plantations in the Caribbean. It demonstrates the rich information that multidisciplinary studies can provide about the effects of sugarcane agriculture on the region and its people"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Sugar trade -- Antigua and Barbuda -- History.
Sugar trade.
Antigua and Barbuda.
History.
Plantations -- Antigua and Barbuda -- History.
Betty's Hope (Antigua and Barbuda) -- History.
Betty's Hope (Antigua and Barbuda) -- Antiquities.
Plantations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Fox, Georgia Lynne, 1954- editor.
Other Form: Print version: An archaeology and history of a Caribbean sugar plantation on Antigua. Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2020 9781683401285 (DLC) 2019031038
ISBN 9781683401445 (electronic book)
1683401441 (electronic book)
9781683401285 (hardcover)