Slavery, Smallholding and Tourism: Social Transformations in the British Virgin Islands (eBook, ePUB)

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This book explores the political economy of development in the British Virgin Islands from plantations, through the evolution of a smallholding economy, to the rise of tourism. The study argues that the demise of plantation economy in the BVI ushered in a century of imperial disinterest persisting until recently, when a new "monocrop" tourism became ascendant. Using an historical and anthropological approach, O'Neal shows how the trend toward reliance on tourism and other dependent industries affects many BVIslanders called the "Belongers" in ways that echo their historical and economic herita...

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