Bridget M. Brereton
Contributor
BIOGRAPHY
Professor in History, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad. Author of A History of Modern Trinidad; Law, Justice and Empire: The Colonial Career of John Gorrie, 1829-1892; Race Relations in Colonial Trinidad, 1870-1900; and others.
Primary Contributions (3)
Trinidad and Tobago, island country of the southeastern West Indies. It consists of two main islands—Trinidad and Tobago—and several smaller islands. Forming the two southernmost links in the Caribbean chain, Trinidad and Tobago lie close to the continent of South America, northeast of Venezuela…
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Publications (2)
Race Relations in Colonial Trinidad 1870–1900
In this study of the development of a colonial Caribbean territory in the late nineteenth century the diverse peoples of Trinidad - Europeans, white Creoles of French, Spanish and English descent, Africans, Creole blacks, Venezuelans, Chinese and Indian immigrants - occupy the centre stage. They formed a society deeply divided along lines of race, skin colour, economic position and educational level. Dr Brereton looks at how the white elite, both European and Creole, was able to control the society,...
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Law Justice And Empire: The Colonial Career Of John Gorrie 1829-1892 (The Press UWI biography series)
The Young Scot On The Make: From Kettle To London, 1829-69 -- The Jamaica Case, 1865-68 -- Planters And Immigrants: Mauritius, 1869-76 -- The Frontier Colony: Fiji, 1876-82 -- Outrages And Reprisals: The Western Pacific High Commission, 1878-82 -- From The Pacific To The Caribbean: The Leeward Islands, 1883-86 -- 'ah We Judge': Trinidad, 1886-89 -- 'the Cane The Judge Will Grind It': Tobago, 1889-92 -- The Storm Bursts: Trinidad, 1889-92. Bridget Brereton. Includes Bibliographical References (p....
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