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    5.08 x 1.14 x 7.8 inches
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Windmill; First Edition (January 1, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0099558459
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0099558453
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.08 x 1.14 x 7.8 inches
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Born in Central America, Matthew Parker spent part of his childhood in the West Indies. He has written for most UK national newspapers, literary and historical magazines, as well as lecturing around the world and contributing to TV and radio programmes in the UK, Canada and US. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, his bestselling and critically-acclaimed books include Monte Cassino, Hell's Gorge: The Battle to Build the Panama Canal, The Sugar Barons, Goldeneye and Willoughbyland. His most recent book, One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink, tells the story of of the empire on 29 September 1923, the day it reached what would turn out to be its maximum territorial extent. He lives in east London with his family and annoying dog.

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G. Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected Lessons in History
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2023
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This book is a delight. It offers people like me opportunities to add important historical concepts. This book explores the colonial history of the Americas, including the 13 original American colonies. The author’s framework allows readers like me to appreciate the larger picture without sacrificing essential complexities. Anyone interested in early American history might enjoy this book.
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Kevin M. Derby
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Engaging Survey of the British Caribbean
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2021
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Matthew Parker offered an engaging and readable look at the British Caribbean and the product that made many fortunes in “The Sugar Barons.” This book probably works better as an introduction to the subject than for specialists as Parker changes his focus on different islands and families while also turning his attention to slavery, military operations, British politics, and even Rhode Island. Parker covers most of the basics including the various Beckfords, Drax, and Codringtons. Moving down the economic and social ladders, Parker also shed some light on Thomas Thistlewood and the horrors he inflicted on enslaved people. While we can all find things to quibble about in this book, Parker offered an excellent overview of the British Caribbean during the 17th and 18th centuries. Highest recommendation.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good job explaining economic interconnections
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2015
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Parker's book does a really good job of relating the interconnection between sugar and empire. There was a lot more trade and migration between Barbados and BNA than you would have thought. A death certificate at Black Rock of a woman who died in 1843 lists her place of birth in 1776 as "BNA". A kindly person in he Black Rock staff explained that "BNA" meant "British North America"

He also cleared up the interconnections between slavery and Yellow Fever; it is an African disease, not Caribbean, and slaves had some resistance while whites and Indians did not. An old family story old by my great aunt, a 12th generation Barbadian, was how country cousins from St Joseph came to visit relatives in St. Michael (Bridgetown) sometime in the 1720s and found everyone dead, even the servants. St.MIchael was always unhealthy, built on a swamp and exposed to disease from ships' crews.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent history book and entertaining read
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2012
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Finally! Someone has written a history of the West Indies that is a riveting read, not just a chronicle of how many times each island changed hands. The author, Matthew Parker, has managed to make sense of the messy history of the region in a highly entertaining read filled with historical facts and fascinating characters. Parker gives the sugar industry a human face and looks at early settlements in the Caribbean from the point of view of personalities as opposed to nations. He also shows how the geography of the region impacted on the history. This should be a textbook for every CXC Caribbean HIstory class and CAPE Caribbean Studies class.
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Natacha Pelaez Wagner
5.0 out of 5 stars The Sugar Barons: Family, Corruption, Empire and War in the West Indies: all of that and more
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2014
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An excellently written and well researched account of the development of the sugar empires in the new world in the 1600 and 1700s, and the European wars for its dominance. While very educational and informative, it flows well and is not textbook-like or stilted. I had a difficult time with the graphic descriptions of the cruelty and depravity with which the slaves, on whose backs the sugar empires were built, were treated. Nothing I had ever read before about slavery had come close to bringing so to life the horrors of slavery. Overall, a really good chronology of a very interesting time in the history of the new world, and its complex relationship with the "mother countries" of Europe.
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Zxy
5.0 out of 5 stars Very well written.
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2013
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This is a must read for anyone who is interested in the development of the sugar trade and well as the history of the Caribbean. The book is well researched and has very good intercepts directly from historical source materials.

To enhance the reader experience i would recommend doing a bit of light research on the Caribbean islands and slave trade. I recommend this because the book has alot of detail and it might be a good idea to get some high level information so the reader can enjoy the book more.
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Jiri
4.0 out of 5 stars A good one
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2013
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I liked it very much. Readable and shows a lot of history I was not aware off. The slavery of the poor whites brought out under false pretences from the UK was awful but, at least, it was not forever. The forced and unvoluntary stay of the blacks without any rights or hope was absolutely awful. And the irony was that the terrible rich died young anyway due to the local illnesses.
It was also interesting to read that the corruption we hear so much about in today's politics was ripe then too. Whoever heard of "borrowing' the Queens's ship to bring over a private army?
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Michael J. Dean
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but not exciting.
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2013
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This is a well written and researched book, but the back and forth battles for Caribbean lands are hard to follow and family trees of the barons are long and complicated. The British government's recognition of the importance of sugar and rum and consequently providing major naval protection from the French for the colonies in the Caribbean, probably contributed significantly toward the loss of the American colonies in the defeat at Yorktown.
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The Cats Butler
5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative, but disturbing read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2024
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This was a gift for my husband and he began plowing his way through it as soon as it arrived.
He has taken breaks in-between the chapters, as he finds the material somewhat disturbing and disgusting, in the sense of what was done to the slaves and how they were treated.
He keeps returning to it as he finds the book fascinating, very informative, and enjoyable to read as the author is very knowledgeable regarding the subject and it shows.
This book is not for the faint hearted, but is a worthwhile and educational read about a period in history that should be highlighted and explored. My husband is delighted with it and cannot recommend the book highly enough
The only downside to the book is the size of print - it's very small indeed, so If you have any problems with your eye sight, get a large print version.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good reading
Reviewed in Canada on July 29, 2021
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Coming from the Island of Barbados where most of this was written about I have friends from both sides of the fence. I have friends of the families who owned sugar plantations and slaves. On the other side, I have friends whose forefathers were slaves and some of my family who was indentured slaves so it was a good read for me.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fast delivery and great condition. Excellent book.
Reviewed in Australia on December 16, 2023
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M. Schweiger
5.0 out of 5 stars Great history of the West Indies
Reviewed in Germany on September 19, 2012
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Introducing the sugar cane to Barbados in 1642 made Sir James Drax a wealthy man within one generation and launched the Sugar Revolution. The colonization of the West Indies nevertheless did not stop there but spread out to Jamaica, Antigua and other islands. Various battles with the Spaniards, Dutch and French secure British interest in the West Indies, its most valuable possessions in the 18th century.

`The Sugar Barons' by Matthew Parker is not only about the Draxes, Codringtons and Beckfords who manage to amass incredible wealth but also about the trade routes and conflicts arising from the highly profitable sugar trade (and later rum production). It shows the appalling consequences that the successful production of the sugar cane in the West Indies brought, making the British by far the largest slave traders of their time (and building fortunes recklessly exploiting and destroying human lives).

`The Sugar Barons' by Matthew Parker is as enthralling a narrative can be. Highly recommended!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on November 23, 2017
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