The migration of peoples from the Caribbean to the Bahamas /

The migration of peoples from the Caribbean to the Bahamas /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Tinker, Keith L.
Imprint:	Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 199 pages) : maps
Language:	English
Subject:	West Indians -- Bahamas. Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects. West Indians. Bahamas -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects. Bahamas. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11243804

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ISBN:	9780813036618 0813036615 9780813035314 0813035317
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	In this timely volume, Keith Tinker explores the flow of peoples to and from the Bahamas and assesses the impact of various migrant groups on the character of the islands' society and identity.
Other form:	Print version: Tinker, Keith L. Migration of peoples from the Caribbean to the Bahamas. Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2011 9780813035314

Table of Contents:

British West Indian migration
Migration to the Bahamas : pre-Columbian to 1888
Barbadian migration to the Bahamas
Jamaican migration to the Bahamas
Haitian migration to the Bahamas, 1793-1956
Haitian migration to the Bahamas, 1957-1973
Turks and Caicos Islands migration
Post-independence West Indian migration, 1973-1992.