| Description |
xv, 192 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1: The original inhabitants -- 2: Spanish conquerors and British adventurers -- 3: External rivalry and internal dissent : the eighteenth century -- 4: The settlement at the beginning of the nineteenth century -- 5: Slavery and emancipation -- 6: Land -- 7: Constitutional development -- 8: Mexico and the Maya -- 9: Disputes between Britain and Guatemala -- 10: Development of the economy in the nineteenth century -- 11: The colony at the beginning of the twentieth century -- 12: Wars, a hurricane and a global slump : the first half of the twentieth century -- 13: The economy after the Second World War -- 14: The road towards independence -- 15: The dispute with Guatemala in the twentieth century -- 16: The nation state at the beginning of the twenty-first century. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Belize -- History.
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| ISBN |
0333779258 paperback |
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9780333779255 paperback |
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