Description |
xii, 300 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-264) and index. |
Contents |
Turks & Caicos Islands : overview / Carlton Mills -- Geology of the Turks & Caicos Islands / Brian Riggs -- Coral reefs : jewels of the isles / Tatum Clerveaux -- Native flora of the Turks & Caicos Islands ; Native fauna of the Turks & Caicos Islands / Bryan Naqqi Manco -- Environmental laws of the Turks & Caicos Islands / Judith Garland-Campbell -- Fisheries of the Turks & Caicos Islands / Wesley Clerveaux and Kathy Lockhart -- Our first colonists : the pre-Columbian people of the Turks & Caicos Islands ; Christopher Columbus and Grand Turk : first recorded contact between the Old World and the New / Josiah Marvel -- Anti-Columbus landfall argument ; Bermudians and the start of the salt industry ; Bahamas years (1764-1848; 1962-73) ; Loyalists; Slavery ; Turks & Caicos shipwrecks / Nigel Sadler -- Presidency era (1848-73) : its successes and failures / Carlton Mills -- Under Jamaica rule (1874-1962) / Nigel Sadler -- Coming of age (1959-72) / Carlton Mills -- Constitutional development (1957-76) / Daniel Malcolm (Sr) -- Junkanoo Club / Carlton Mills -- Development of political parties in the Turks & Caicos Islands (1972-76) ; Party politics since 1976 and the Blom-Cooper report / Daniel Malcolm (Sr) -- Historical relationship between the Turks & Caicos Islands and Canada / Steve Rennie -- History of tourism in the Turks & Caicos Islands / William (Bill) Clare -- Women in development in the Turks & Caicos Islands / Myrtle Mills and Rita Gardiner -- Turks & Caicos Islands' economic structure, challenges and prospects / Delton Jones -- Road ahead : the constitutional debate / Carlton Mills -- Government of the Turks & Caicos Islands / Graham Faiella -- Future perspectives / Carlton Mills. |
Subject |
Turks and Caicos Islands -- History.
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Turks and Caicos Islands -- Social conditions.
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Added Author |
Mills, Carlton (Carlton Manley)
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Added Title |
History of the Turks and Caicos Islands |
ISBN |
1405098945 |
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9781405098946 |
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