Download or read book An Archaeological History of Montserrat in the West Indies written by John F. Cherry and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Montserrat is a small island in the Leeward islands of the eastern Caribbean and at present a British Overseas Territory. It has suffered greatly in recent times, first from the devastations of Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and since 1995 from the still-ongoing eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano that has caused two-thirds of the island’s population to emigrate and left half the island a dangerous exclusion zone. Archaeological research here began only in the late 1970s, but work over the past four decades has now made it possible to present an archaeological history of Montserrat, from the earliest known traces of human activity on the island about 5,000 years ago to the present. This book draws on all the available archaeological evidence (including that from the co-authors’ own island-wide survey and excavation project since 2010), as well as newly available archival documents, to trace this little island’s long history and heritage. This is not the story of an isolated and remote island: Montserrat is shown rather to be a place intricately connected to the flows of people and goods that have travelled between islands and across the Atlantic at various points in time, both Amerindian and historical. Despite its small size and seeming irrelevance, Montserrat has in fact always been networked into regional and global systems of connectivity. An underlying theme of this volume is resilience. It presents insights from the archaeological and documentary evidence on how the island’s inhabitants have coped with often adverse conditions throughout the course of its history – hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, slavery, disease, invasions, and impoverishment – all while remaining proudly connected to heritage that celebrates the accomplishments of island residents.

Download or read book If the Irish Ran the World written by Donald H. Akenson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1997 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would have happened if the Irish had conquered and controlled a vast empire? Would they have been more humane rulers than the English? Using the Caribbean island of Montserrat as a case study of "Irish" imperialism, Donald Akenson addresses these questions and provides a detailed history of the island during its first century as a European colony.

Download or read book Volcanic Hazard Atlas of the Lesser Antilles written by Jan M. Lindsay and published by Seismic Research. This book was released on 2005 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Archaeological History of Montserrat West Indies written by John F. Cherry and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Montserrat is a small island in the Leeward islands of the eastern Caribbean and at present a British Overseas Territory. It has suffered greatly in recent times, first from the devastations of Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and since 1995 from the still-ongoing eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano that has caused two-thirds of the island’s population to emigrate and left half the island a dangerous exclusion zone. Archaeological research here began only in the late 1970s, but work over the past four decades has now made it possible to present an archaeological history of Montserrat, from the earliest known traces of human activity on the island about 5,000 years ago to the present. This book draws on all the available archaeological evidence (including that from the co-authors’ own island-wide survey and excavation project since 2010), as well as newly available archival documents, to trace this little island’s long history and heritage. This is not the story of an isolated and remote island: Montserrat is shown rather to be a place intricately connected to the flows of people and goods that have travelled between islands and across the Atlantic at various points in time, both Amerindian and historical. Despite its small size and seeming irrelevance, Montserrat has in fact always been networked into regional and global systems of connectivity. An underlying theme of this volume is resilience. It presents insights from the archaeological and documentary evidence on how the island’s inhabitants have coped with often adverse conditions throughout the course of its history – hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, slavery, disease, invasions, and impoverishment – all while remaining proudly connected to heritage that celebrates the accomplishments of island residents.

Download or read book The Island of Montserrat West Indies written by Evans, Sons & Company and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Montserrat West Indies written by Marion M. Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Montserrat British West Indies written by Naira Matevosyan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-21 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This densely illustrated junior-friendly tour-book walks you through an enchanting Caribbean island of Montserrat and makes you feel what it's like to live side by side with an active volcano. From the history of Montserrat civilization, endemic fauna and flora, savvy accommodation, to education, sports and crime rate, this compact guide leaves you without a reason to guess about life in this distant paradise; instead it makes you witness its daily zest. Welcome to the Leeward Islands, the British Overseas !

Download or read book Montserrat written by Howard A. Fergus and published by MacMillan Caribbean. This book was released on 1994 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Introduction to Montserrat written by Gilad James, PhD and published by Gilad James Mystery School. This book was released on with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Montserrat is a small island territory in the Caribbean that was first settled by the Arawak and Carib peoples. The island was later colonized by the British, who established sugar plantations and brought in enslaved Africans to work the land. Montserrat gained independence from Britain in 1962 and remains a British Overseas Territory today. The island's history is also marked by the devastating effects of natural disasters, including hurricanes and volcanic eruptions. In 1995, the island's Soufrière Hills volcano erupted, forcing the evacuation of most of the population and causing widespread damage. Despite these challenges, Montserrat has a rich cultural heritage and is known for its music, including the traditional music called "scratch" and the modern style of soca. The island also has a thriving tourism industry, attracting visitors with its natural beauty and history.

Download or read book Island Queen written by Vanessa Riley and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Riveting and transformative, evocative and immersive...by turns vibrant and bold and wise, discovering Dorothy’s story is a singular pleasure.”--The New York Times A remarkable, sweeping historical novel based on the incredible true life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas, a free Black woman who rose from slavery to become one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners in the colonial West Indies. Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat, Doll bought her freedom—and that of her sister and her mother—from her Irish planter father and built a legacy of wealth and power as an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter that extended from the marketplaces and sugar plantations of Dominica and Barbados to a glittering luxury hotel in Demerara on the South American continent. Vanessa Riley’s novel brings Doll to vivid life as she rises above the harsh realities of slavery and colonialism by working the system and leveraging the competing attentions of the men in her life: a restless shipping merchant, Joseph Thomas; a wealthy planter hiding a secret, John Coseveldt Cells; and a roguish naval captain who will later become King William IV of England. From the bustling port cities of the West Indies to the forbidding drawing rooms of London’s elite, Island Queen is a sweeping epic of an adventurer and a survivor who answered to no one but herself as she rose to power and autonomy against all odds, defying rigid eighteenth-century morality and the oppression of women as well as people of color. It is an unforgettable portrait of a true larger-than-life woman who made her mark on history.

Download or read book Montserrat on My Mind written by Dorine O'Garro and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two-thirds of Montserrat, the author's homeland, has been devastated by continuous eruptions of the Soufriere Hills volcanoes. Montserrat is a small Island of the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean, just forty square miles, but it has seven active volcanoes. In Montserrat on My Mind, the author has included several stories of Montserrat before the eruptions, and some during the crisis. Some stories have a tint of mystery, others a touch of Montserrat's humor, but all generally tell tales of Montserrat with a Caribbean flavor. There are three poems which relate to the volcano and the author's prayerful hope that Montserrat will rise again from the tons of magma that have buried so many of its picturesque villages, including its capital, the once thriving Plymouth. The author's Village, Kinsale, exists no more. Unfortunately, Montserrat was almost anonymous before its volcanic eruptions. Now, it is an open laboratory for volcanologists, a vacation haven for videographers, and curiosity seekers. They know Montserrat as a gray land drooping under the weight of pyroclastic flow, but the author remembers it as The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean, where the serrated mountains stood like green giants in the Caribbean scenery.

Download or read book Beyond Relaxed written by Tommie Plier Mitchell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-06-29 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Relaxed: Precious Time in Montserrat captures vacationing on Montserrat in over 200 island photographs and descriptions. This natural, un-commercialized tropical island is quietly inspiring as you learn about the effects of the famous and still active Soufriere Hills Volcano and the power of nature that caused the unstoppable destruction of Plymouth, the Capital City. Be surprised by the islands connection to Sir George Martin, Producer of the Beatles. Learn about Montserrats important place in music history and see the list of some of the more popular artists and albums documented in the recordings of AIR Studios Montserrat including: Paul McCartney, Sting, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Duran Duran, The Police, Simply Red, Boy George, Dire Straits and the Rolling Stones. For those who like to fully relax on vacation and decompress from the pressure of living in a fast-paced consumer culture, Montserrat is a peaceful and safe, luring Caribbean island of interesting people, history and places.

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Download or read book The Eruption of Soufri re Hills Volcano Montserrat from 1995 to 1999 written by Timothy H. Druitt and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2002 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Constitutions written by Richard Albert and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Constitutions offers a detailed and analytical view of the constitutions of the Caribbean region, examining the constitutional development of its diverse countries. The Handbook explains the features of the region's constitutions and examines themes emerging from the Caribbean's experience with constitutional interpretation and reform.0Part I, 'Caribbean Constitutions in the World', highlights what is distinctive about the constitutions of the Caribbean. Part II covers the constitutions of the Caribbean in detail, offering a rich analysis of the constitutional history, design, controversies, and future challenges in each country or group of countries. Each chapter in this section addresses topics such as the impact of key historical and political events on the constitutional landscape for the jurisdiction, a systematic account of the interaction between the legislature and the executive, the civil service, the electoral system,0and the independence of the judiciary.0Part III addresses fundamental rights debates and developments in the region, including the death penalty and socio-economic rights. Finally, Part IV features critical reflections on the challenges and prospects for the region, including the work of the Caribbean Court of Justice and the future of constitutional reform.0This is the first book of its kind, bringing together in a single volume a comprehensive review of the constitutional development of the entire Caribbean region, from the Bahamas in the north to Guyana and Suriname in South America, and all the islands in between. While written in English, the book embraces the linguistic and cultural diversity of the region, and covers the Anglophone Caribbean as well as the Spanish-, French-, and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries.

Download or read book Gallery Montserrat written by Howard A. Fergus and published by Canoe Press (IL). This book was released on 1996 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gallery Montserrat presents biographical sketches of persons whose lives and work have shaped the history and development of this British colony from its European settlement in 1632 to contemporary times. The mosaic of persons includes Leeward Island Governor William Stapleton, the philanthropist Joseph Sturge, pioneer trade unionist Robert W. Griffith, the island's first Chief Minister William H. Bramble, the martyrs of the 1768 rebellion, Wally Wade who went from minus to millions, and two women ministers of government. On the artistic side it features nineteenth century king of Redonda, M.P. Shiel, the poet Archie Markham, and Edgar White whose plays have been staged in Europe, the USA and several Caribbean countries. These are ostensibly isolated portraits but together they give a rich insight into an island story, its evolutionary struggles and triumphs and the culture of its people.