Tropical Leviathan
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Tropical Leviathan
Slavery, Society, and Security in Jamaica, 1770-1840
Graham, Aaron
Oxford University Press
02/2025
448
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9780198819165
15 a 20 dias
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Trevor Burnard: Preface
Author's Preface
1: Introduction: 'When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid'
Part I: The colonial state
2: The purposes of power: society and fear
3: The levers of power: politics and legislation
4: The sinews of power: taxation and the economy
Part II: Intermezzo
5: 'The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold'
Part III: The military state
6: Imperial military: defending the indefensible
7: Colonial military: the tropical way of war
8: Supplies: public service and private profit
Part IV: Intermezzo
9: 'His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal'
Part V: The fiscal state
10: Fiscal: the limits of the fiscal constitution
11: Public credit: a colonial financial revolution
12: Currency: unintended consequences
Part IV: Conclusion
13: Conclusion: 'he esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood'
Appendix I: Governors, Commanders in Chief, and Receivers-General
Appendix II: Interpreting Jamaican finances
Appendix III: Reconstructing Caribbean economies
Author's Preface
1: Introduction: 'When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid'
Part I: The colonial state
2: The purposes of power: society and fear
3: The levers of power: politics and legislation
4: The sinews of power: taxation and the economy
Part II: Intermezzo
5: 'The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold'
Part III: The military state
6: Imperial military: defending the indefensible
7: Colonial military: the tropical way of war
8: Supplies: public service and private profit
Part IV: Intermezzo
9: 'His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal'
Part V: The fiscal state
10: Fiscal: the limits of the fiscal constitution
11: Public credit: a colonial financial revolution
12: Currency: unintended consequences
Part IV: Conclusion
13: Conclusion: 'he esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood'
Appendix I: Governors, Commanders in Chief, and Receivers-General
Appendix II: Interpreting Jamaican finances
Appendix III: Reconstructing Caribbean economies
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Trevor Burnard: Preface
Author's Preface
1: Introduction: 'When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid'
Part I: The colonial state
2: The purposes of power: society and fear
3: The levers of power: politics and legislation
4: The sinews of power: taxation and the economy
Part II: Intermezzo
5: 'The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold'
Part III: The military state
6: Imperial military: defending the indefensible
7: Colonial military: the tropical way of war
8: Supplies: public service and private profit
Part IV: Intermezzo
9: 'His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal'
Part V: The fiscal state
10: Fiscal: the limits of the fiscal constitution
11: Public credit: a colonial financial revolution
12: Currency: unintended consequences
Part IV: Conclusion
13: Conclusion: 'he esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood'
Appendix I: Governors, Commanders in Chief, and Receivers-General
Appendix II: Interpreting Jamaican finances
Appendix III: Reconstructing Caribbean economies
Author's Preface
1: Introduction: 'When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid'
Part I: The colonial state
2: The purposes of power: society and fear
3: The levers of power: politics and legislation
4: The sinews of power: taxation and the economy
Part II: Intermezzo
5: 'The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold'
Part III: The military state
6: Imperial military: defending the indefensible
7: Colonial military: the tropical way of war
8: Supplies: public service and private profit
Part IV: Intermezzo
9: 'His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal'
Part V: The fiscal state
10: Fiscal: the limits of the fiscal constitution
11: Public credit: a colonial financial revolution
12: Currency: unintended consequences
Part IV: Conclusion
13: Conclusion: 'he esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood'
Appendix I: Governors, Commanders in Chief, and Receivers-General
Appendix II: Interpreting Jamaican finances
Appendix III: Reconstructing Caribbean economies
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