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This pathfinder contains basic information about the history
of Jamaica.
The most important source for bibliography of books
and articles concerning Jamaica is the annual Handbook
of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/)
produced by over 160 contributing editors under the editorship
of the Hispanic
Division of the Library of Congress. . Another bibliography
available in print form and online by subscription,, is the Hispanic
American Periodicals Index (HAPI) which has a considerable
amount of bibliographic information on Jamaican history. Since
a subscription is necessary to access the material, one should
check with
local
libraries as to the
availability of this latter resource.
One of the major aggregators
for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to Academic
resources concerning Jamaica is
the University of Texas' LANIC.
Another site one should especially note is the site prepared
by the Law Library
of the Library of Congress for legal, political, and general
information on their Guide
to Law Online: Nations of the World: Jamaica (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/jamaica.html).
Africans
in Acts of the Jamaican Assembly 1760-1810 (http://www.afrigeneas.com/library/jamaica/acts.html)
Identifies the location of relevant documents within holdings
of the British Public Records Office.
History
and Geography of Jamaica (http://www.discoverjamaica.com/gleaner/discover/geography/)
This site presents a history of Jamaica organized in the following
chronological segments: 1494 - 1692, 1692 - 1782, 1783 - 1807,
1808 - 1865, 1866 - 1913, 1914 - 1962, 1962 - 1971, 1972 -1983,
1984 - 1993.
The
National Heroes of Jamaica (http://www.kasnet.com/heroesofjamaica/start/index2.htm)
Provides images and biographies of Paul Bogle, Alexander Bustamante, Marcus Garvey,
George Gordon, Norman Manley, Nanny of the Maroons and Sam Sharpe.
Slave
Movement During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: On-Line
Data Archive (http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/slavedata/index.html)
Part of the Data and Program Library Service at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison which acquires, preserves and facilitates
access to social science data resources,
extracted
from Naval Lists, Public Records Office, Colonial
Office, and “provides access
to the raw data and documentation which contains information
on slave trade to Jamaica, 1782-1788, 1805-1808.”
World
History Archives: The History of Jamaica (http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43/index-h.html)
World History Archives: The history of Jamaica.
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