Format:
xii, 162 p
,
ill., map, plans
,
19 x 26 cm
ISBN:
1607027496
,
9781607027492
Content:
"Two-and-a-half centuries of life on the smallest of the Danish West Indies, which became the U.S. Virgin Islands after 1917. Drawn from letters, journals, traveler's reports, oral recollections, archival records, and periodicals. Illustrated by contemporary sketches, paintings, photographs, maps, and plans. From archives and private collections in the Virgin Islands, the United States, Canada, England, Norway, Denmark, and Germany."--Title page
Note:
The island of St. Jan
,
The sea ; Weather ; Working the land: Sugar plantations ; Working the land: Stock farms, cultivation ; Working the sea ; Daily island life: Plantations ; Daily island life: Individual households ; Men, women, and children ; Community: health care ; Community: Churches ; Community: Schools ; Diversion and recreation ; The Battery as seat of government ; Law and order ; The changing island.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Saint John
;
Alltag
;
Geschichte 1718-1956
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