Book ID: CBB749520397

Reproducing the British Caribbean: Sex, Gender, and Population Politics After Slavery (2014)

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This innovative book traces the history of ideas and policymaking concerning population growth and infant and maternal welfare in Caribbean colonies wrestling with the aftermath of slavery. Focusing on Jamaica, Guyana, and Barbados from the nineteenth century through the 1930s, when violent labor protests swept the region, Juanita De Barros takes a comparative approach in analyzing the struggles among former slaves and masters attempting to determine the course of their societies after emancipation. Invested in the success of the "great experiment" of slave emancipation, colonial officials developed new social welfare and health policies. Concerns about the health and size of ex-slave populations were expressed throughout the colonial world during this period. In the Caribbean, an emergent black middle class, rapidly increasing immigration, and new attitudes toward medicine and society were crucial factors. While hemispheric and diasporic trends influenced the new policies, De Barros shows that local physicians, philanthropists, midwives, and the impoverished mothers who were the targets of this official concern helped shape and implement efforts to ensure the health and reproduction of Caribbean populations in the decades before independence.

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Review Meleisa Ono-George (2015) Review of "Reproducing the British Caribbean: Sex, Gender, and Population Politics After Slavery". Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History. unapi

Review Katherine Paugh (2016) Review of "Reproducing the British Caribbean: Sex, Gender, and Population Politics After Slavery". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 157-158). unapi

Review Karen N. Salt (2016) Review of "Reproducing the British Caribbean: Sex, Gender, and Population Politics After Slavery". Social History of Medicine (pp. 183-184). unapi

Review Pablo F. Gómez (2016) Review of "Reproducing the British Caribbean: Sex, Gender, and Population Politics After Slavery". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (pp. 99-101). unapi

Review Nicole Bourbonnais (2015) Review of "Reproducing the British Caribbean: Sex, Gender, and Population Politics After Slavery". Canadian Journal of History (pp. 380-382). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Paugh, Katherine
Kate Ramsey
Sehrawat, Samiksha
Bulstrode, Jenny
Charles, Nicole
Basso, Rossana
Concepts
Great Britain, colonies
Public health
Colonialism
Medicine
Medicine and government
Slavery, abolition, and emancipation
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
18th century
20th century, late
17th century
21st century
Places
Caribbean
Barbados
Jamaica (Caribbean)
Africa
Atlantic world
India
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