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HISTORY. Barbados was occupied by the British in 1627 and during its colonial history never changed hands. Full internal self-government was attained in 1961. Barbados became an independent sovereign state within the Commonwealth on 30 Nov. 1966.
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Books of Reference
Barbados Economic Survey, 1978
Barbados Development Plan, 1979–83
Chandler, M. J., A Guide to Records in Barbados. University of the West Indies, 1965
Hoyos, F. A., Barbados, Our Island Home. London, 1970.
—Barbados: A History from the Amerindians to Independence. London, 1978
Starkey, O. P., Commercial Geography of Barbados. Indiana Univ. Press, 1961
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Paxton, J. (1981). Barbados. In: Paxton, J. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271104_14
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