Jamaica Surveyed

Jamaica Surveyed
Author: B. W. Higman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789766401139

First published in 1988, this volume contains a representative sample of the large collection of plantation maps and plans in the National Library of Jamaica. It explores the diversity of agricultural activity on the island and the changing patterns of land use during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Current Geographical Publications

Current Geographical Publications
Author: University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 816
Release: 2003
Genre: Geography
ISBN:

Current Geographical Publications (CGP) is a non-profit service to the scholarly community initiated in 1938 by the American Geographical Society of New York. Beginning in 2006, the format changed to include the tables of contents of current geographical journals. The journal titles listed link to web pages or PDF scans of the current issue's contents.

A Brief History of Seven Killings

A Brief History of Seven Killings
Author: Marlon James
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Total Pages: 706
Release: 2015-09-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1594633940

A tale inspired by the 1976 attempted assassination of Bob Marley spans decades and continents to explore the experiences of journalists, drug dealers, killers, and ghosts against a backdrop of social and political turmoil.