...Richard Price After Africa: Extracts from British Travel Accounts and Journals of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries concerning the Slaves, their Manners, and Customs in the British West Indies . Introduced and edited by Abrahams Roger D. and Szwed John F...

...W. W. Pierson, Jr. British Exploits in South America: A History of British Activities in Exploration, Military Adventure, Diplomacy, Science, and Trade in South America . By Koebel W. H. . ( New York : The Century Company . 1917 . Pp. xiv , 587 . Illus . $4.00 .) Copyright...

...Roland Dennis Hussey British Diaries. An Annotated Bibliography of British Diaries Written Between 1442 and 1942 . Compiled by Matthews William . ( Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press , 1950 . Pp. xxxiv , 339 .) Copyright 1952 by Duke University Press 1952 ...

...Henry C. Schmidt Mexico in American and British Letters: A Bibliography of Fiction and Travel Books, Citing Original Editions . Compiled by Gunn Drewey Wayne . Metuchen, New Jersey , 1974 . The Scarecrow Press . Index . Pp. vii , 150 . Cloth. $5.00 . American and British...

... of Barbadoes, and the Settlements Captured by the British Troops, Upon the Coast of Guiana; Likewise Remarks Relating to the Creoles and Slaves of the Western Colonies, and the Indians of South America: with Occasional Hints, Regarding The Seasoning, or Yellow Fever of Hot Climates . By Pinckard George...

...B. W. Higman Moral Imperium: Afro-Caribbeans and the Transformation of British Rule, 1776-1838 . By Richardson Ronald . Westport : Greenwood Press , 1987 . Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 211 . Cloth . $35.00 . Copyright 1988 by Duke University Press 1988 The origins...

...Mario Rodríguez Nicaragua’s Mosquito Shore: The Years of British and American Presence . By Dozier Craig L. . University, AL : University of Alabama Press , 1985 . Map. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. x , 269 . Cloth. $32.75 . Copyright 1986 by Duke University...

...David Geggus Apart from the murder of its governor in 1711 by rioting colonists, the history of Antigua is perhaps best known for a widespread slave conspiracy that was discovered on the island in 1736. It is of particular interest, because it provides one of the first instances in the British...

...Hilame J. Heath 75 Tenenbaum, in “Merchants, Mischief, and Money,” does not mention the falling-out between Mackintosh and Escandón. Mackintosh in fact alienated everyone around him, not only Mexican politicians but British merchants and the current British minister to Mexico. Shortly before...

...Stephen Haber Overall, Marshall Eakin is to be applauded for opening up new territory in Brazilian historiography with this study. It is a book that will be read with interest and benefit by a broad audience. As an economic history British Enterprise in Brazil is not quite as successful...

... to the Committee. Through the cooperation of archivists, keepers of manuscripts, librarians and owners of papers still in private hands, the Committee has a considerable amount of information on relevant materials in the British Isles. In view of the extent and importance of their holdings, special enquiries...

... diplomatic mission to the United States. He could not, however, include the riots of early 1962 against the tax program of the PPP. Dated as this book must inevitably become, it gives a broad and intelligent basis for understanding British Guiana for many years to come. The author’s style is exceedingly...

...Wayne M. Clegern The Diplomatic History of British Honduras, 1638-1901 . By Humphreys R. A. . London , 1961 . Oxford University Press . Maps. Appendices. Sources. Indices . Pp. ix , 196 . $5.60 . Copyright 1962 by Duke University Press 1962 This erudite monograph...

... Francisco Burdett O’Connor’s army near Potosí. 3 O’Connor, with Lanza’s guerrilleros in his vanguard, entered Potosí peacefully on March 29. The British general, William Miller, with orders from Bolívar to head the government of Potosí, arrived on April 25. With the successful military occupation...

... 1968 by Duke University Press 1968 St. Vincent. Report for the Years 1962 and 1963 . London , 1966 . Her Maj esty’s Stationery Office for the Colonial Office . Illustrations. Map. Tables. Appendices. Bibliography . Pp. 72 . Paper. $1.40 . ( Distributed by the British Information Service...

...Jane De Grummond Sir Robert Ker Porter’s Caracas Diary, 1825-1842. A British Diplomat in a Newborn Nation . Edited by Dupouy Walter . Caracas , 1966 . Editorial Arte . Illustrations. Notes. Glossaries. Bibliography. Indices . Pp. cxii , 1305 . $20.00 . Copyright 1968 by Duke...

...A. J. G. Knox British Historians and the West Indies . By Williams Eric . London , 1966 . Andre Deutsch . Bibliography. Index . Pp. 239 . 30s . ( Distributed in the U. S. by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York .) Copyright 1967 by Duke University Press 1967 Eric Williams...

... on the Colonial Office papers in the British Public Records Office and printed travel accounts. Perhaps the addition of West Indian official and personal archives would have given a better balance. As it is, the book presents too much the view that the colonials wanted the officials at Whitehall to see, and one...

...Bruce B. Solnick Trouble in Guyana. An Account of People, Personalities, and Politics as They Were in British Guiana . By Simms Peter . New York , 1966 . International Publications Service . Illustrations. Map. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 198 . $7.50 . Copyright 1967 by Duke...

...Mark J. van Aken * The author is associate professor of history at Alameda State College. Copyright 1962 by Duke University Press 1962 R obert A. N aylor’s article entitled “The British Role in Central America Prior to the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850, ” 1 sets forth...