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cholera in the Caribbean
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gender in the post slavery Caribbean
Georgetown (Guyana)
government medical services in the Caribbean
H. G. (Herbert George) de Lisser
health care in the Caribbean
hookworm in the Caribbean
immigration
Infant Welfare and Maternity League of British Guiana (Guyana)
infant welfare policies
Jamaica Child Welfare Association
John Hutson
Judith DeCordova
Kingston (Jamaica)
malaria in the Caribbean
maternal education in colonies and post slavery societies
midwives in the Caribbean
migration
Negro Progress Convention
population growth in the Caribbean
race in the post slavery Caribbean
reproduction in the Caribbean
Robert Grieve
Rockefeller Foundation
sexual practices in the Caribbean
South Asian indentureship in the Caribbean
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Universal Negro Improvement Association
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Product details
- ISBN 9781469616056
- Weight: 456g
- Dimensions: 152 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 30 Aug 2014
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This innovative book traces the history of ideas and policymaking concerning population growth and infant and maternal welfare in Caribbean colonies wrestling with the aftermath of slavery. Focusing on Jamaica, Guyana, and Barbados from the nineteenth century through the 1930s, when violent labor protests swept the region, Juanita De Barros takes a comparative approach in analyzing the struggles among former slaves and masters attempting to determine the course of their societies after emancipation.
Invested in the success of the "great experiment" of slave emancipation, colonial officials developed new social welfare and health policies. Concerns about the health and size of ex-slave populations were expressed throughout the colonial world during this period. In the Caribbean, an emergent black middle class, rapidly increasing immigration, and new attitudes toward medicine and society were crucial factors. While hemispheric and diasporic trends influenced the new policies, De Barros shows that local physicians, philanthropists, midwives, and the impoverished mothers who were the targets of this official concern helped shape and implement efforts to ensure the health and reproduction of Caribbean populations in the decades before independence.
Invested in the success of the "great experiment" of slave emancipation, colonial officials developed new social welfare and health policies. Concerns about the health and size of ex-slave populations were expressed throughout the colonial world during this period. In the Caribbean, an emergent black middle class, rapidly increasing immigration, and new attitudes toward medicine and society were crucial factors. While hemispheric and diasporic trends influenced the new policies, De Barros shows that local physicians, philanthropists, midwives, and the impoverished mothers who were the targets of this official concern helped shape and implement efforts to ensure the health and reproduction of Caribbean populations in the decades before independence.
Juanita De Barros is associate professor of history at McMaster University.
