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Trinidad and Tobago

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The Statesman’s Year-Book

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HISTORY. Trinidad was discovered by Columbus in 1498 and colonized by the Spaniards in the 16th century. During the French Revolution a large number of French families settled in the island. In 1797, Great Britain being at war with Spain, Trinidad was occupied by the British and ceded to Great Britain by the Treaty of Amiens in 1802. Trinidad and Tobago were joined in 1889.

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Books of Reference

  • STATISTICAL Information: The Central Statistical Office, Government of Trinidad and Tobago, 2 Edward St., Port-of-Spain. Director; J. Harewood. Publications include Annual Statistical Digest, Quarterly Economic Report, Annual Overseas Trade Report, Population and Vital Statistics Annual Report.

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  • Report of the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Conference, 1962. (Cmnd. 1757.) HMSO, 1962

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  • Development Plan for Tobago. HUSO, 1957

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  • Economic Survey of Trinidad and Tobago, 1953–58. Government Printer, Port-of-Spain, 1959

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  • Five Year Development Programme, 1958–1962. Government Printer, Port-of-Spain, 1958

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  • Trinidad and Tobago Year Book. Port-of-Spain. Annual (from 1865)

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  • Braithwaite, L., Social Stratification in Trinidad. Social & Economic Studies, 2 (Jamaica) 1953

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  1. The Royal Historical Society, USA

    S. H. Steinberg Ph.D (Fellow)

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  1. The Royal Historical Society, USA

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

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© 1967 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Steinberg, S.H. (1967). Trinidad and Tobago. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270961_20

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