History Matters

Heather Cateau is a senior lecturer in Caribbean History at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus. She has held the positions of Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Education, Head of the Department of History and University Dean.Rita Pemberton  is a former senior lecturer, Head of the Department of History and Deputy Dean, Student Affairs in the Faculty of Humanities and Education at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus.Ronald Noel lectures in the Department of History at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus. He came into academia after a career in industry which spanned three decades.

• List of Tables Abbreviations and AcronymsIntroductionHEATHER CATEAUPart 1: The Colonial Caribbean in Transition 1 ‘Little England’ vs ‘Great Britain’: Barbados Slavers in the Emancipation DebateHILARY MCD. BECKLES 2 No ‘Gentle Glide’ From Enslavement to Emancipation: The Post-Emancipation Labour Struggles in Tobago, 1838–1919RITA PEMBERTON3 The Impact of Christianity on Naming Practices in Post-Emancipation BarbadosPEDRO L.V. WELCH Part 2: Law, Justice and Empire 4 From Unicameralism to Bicameralism: Trinbago Constitutional Advances (1831–1962)BRINSLEY SAMAROO 5 “The Thorough Knowledge of the Island and All its Departments and Instruction in Political Science”: Representing the Patria in Puerto Rico’s First Elections Under Spain’s 1812 ConstitutionJUAN GONZÁLEZ MENDOZA 6 The Crown Is Not Welcomed: Government and Politics in British Guiana, 1953–1957JAMES ROSE7 Eric Williams and C.L.R. James: Intellectual Symbiosis and Political CounterpointHUMBERTO GARCÍA-MUÑIZPart 3: Gendered Testimonies 8 Bridget Brereton’s Gendered Historiography of the CaribbeanGELIEN MATTHEWS9 Egodocuments by Women as Sources for Caribbean History: Three Cases from Late Colonial SurinameROSEMARIJN HOEFTE10 Imperial First Lady of Trinidad, Lady Rachel Hamilton-Gordon 1865–1870DANE MORTON-GITTENS11 Slavery, Gender and the Historiography of the French Antilles, 1635–1848BERNARD MOITTPart 4: Engendering History: Social and Political Life in the Caribbean 12 Gender and Protest at Morant Bay and in the Post-Emancipation CaribbeanGAD HEUMAN13 Inclusion/Exclusion: Women, Citizenship and Political Franchise in Early Twentieth-Century Trinidad and TobagoRHODA REDDOCK14 Gender and Nation-Building in BarbadosMARY CHAMBERLAIN15 Ascent to Leadership: Women and the National Union of Public Workers of Barbados, 1975–1995RICHARD A. GOODRIDGEPart 5: Race Relations in the Caribbean: Contested Narratives 16 “Passing for White” in Bahamian Society During the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth CenturiesGAIL SAUNDERS17 It Featured a Gymkhana? Conflicting Identities in the Early Years of the Modern Crop Over FestivalMARCIA BURROWES18 Contesting Narratives of Trinidad and Tobago’s History: The Contribution of Bridget Brereton and an Exploration of the Syrian/Lebanese NarrativeFIONA ANN RAJKUMARPart 6: History Matters: The Historian and Her Craft 19 Bridget Brereton and the Narratives of Modern Trinidad: An Assessment of Three VolumesMICHAEL TOUSSAINT20 Called to Action: Caribbean Historians and the Preservation of Primary Sources for the History of the RegionJOHN A. AARONS Selected BibliographyContributorsIndex