Lost white tribes : the end of privilege and the last colonials in Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Brazil, Haiti, Namibia, and Guadeloupe

Title:

Author:

Orizio, Riccardo.

Personal Author:

Orizio, Riccardo.

Edition:

First Free Press edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Free Press, 2001.

Physical Description:

xii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Summary:

Following the trail of the last colonials, Orizio lifts the veil on a hidden world, bringing readers on a journey to the lost corners of the post-colonial world to meet the people voyaging Europeans left behind.

General Note:

Originally published: London : Secker & Warburg, 2000.

Language:

English

Contents:

Journeys among the forgotten -- Sri Lanka; Dutch Burghers of Ceylon -- Jamaica; German slaves -- Brazil; confederates in the deepest south -- Haiti; Papa Doc's poles -- Nambia; how the Basters lost the promised land -- Guadeloupe; Blancs Matignon, the sugarcane dukes.

Subject Term:

Colonies -- History.

Colonization -- History.

Whites -- Developing countries -- History.

Europeans -- Developing countries -- History.

Europeanen.

Etnische groepen.

Geographic Term:

Europe -- Colonies -- History.

Developing countries -- Colonial influence.

ISBN:

9780743211970