Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Jamaica

  • Chapter
The Statesman’s Year-Book

Part of the book series: The Statesman’s Yearbook ((SYBK))

  • 13 Accesses

Abstract

In 1863 Jamaica was a British crown colony with a population of about 441,000, of whom 427,000 were classified as coloured. As the whole economy of the island had since 1672 been based on sugar, the industrial production of beet-sugar in Europe was causing acute distress which eventually exploded in the insurrection of 1865, after which representative government was suspended for 20 years.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 99.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Books of Reference

  • Statistical Information. The Department of Statistics (93 Hanover St., Kingston.) was set up in 1945—the nucleus being the Census Office, which undertook the operations of the 1943 Census of Jamaica and its Dependencies. Director: W. D. Burrowes, BA. Publications of the Bureau include the Bulletin of Statistics on External Trade.

    Google Scholar 

  • Annual Report. Government Printer, Kingston

    Google Scholar 

  • Guide to Jamaica. Issued by Jamaica Tourist Association. Kingston, from 1937

    Google Scholar 

  • National Plan for Jamaica, 1957–67. Government Printer, Kingston, 1957

    Google Scholar 

  • Handbook of Jamaica. Government Printer, Kingston, yearly from 1886

    Google Scholar 

  • The Directory of Jamaica. London, 1962

    Google Scholar 

  • Abrahams, P., Jamaica: an island mosaic. HMSO, 1957

    Google Scholar 

  • Roberts, G. W., The Population of Jamaica. OUP, 1957

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Libraties: Institute of Jamaica Libraries, Kingston. Jamaica Library Service, Kingston. Director: Mrs J. Robinson, MBE, FLA.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. The Royal Historical Society, UK

    S. H. Steinberg Ph.D. (Fellow)

Authors
  1. S. H. Steinberg Ph.D.
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. The Royal Historical Society, UK

    S. H. Steinberg Ph.D. (Fellow) (Fellow)

Copyright information

© 1963 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Steinberg, S.H. (1963). Jamaica. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270923_20

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation