L. ALAN EYRE. Geographic Aspects of Population Dynamics in Jamaica. Pp. viii, 172. Boca Raton: Florida Atlantic University Press, 1972. Distributed by the University of Florida Press, Gainesville. $7.50. EDWARD BRATHWAITE. The Development of Creole Society in Jamaica, 1770-1820. Pp. xvi, 374. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971. $16.00

• Date: 01 January 1973
• Author: Lowry Nelson
• DOI: 10.1177/000271627340500128
• Published date: 01 January 1973
• Subject Matter: Articles

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profit by both specialists and non-special-
crease in nonprimary activity&dquo;; (4) &dquo;Ex-
ists.
ternal migration&dquo;; (5) &dquo;Reduction in per
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capita levels of living with concomitant
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rise in morbidity and eventually in mortal-
University of Pennsylvania
ity rates&dquo;; and, (6) &dquo;Control of fertility&dquo;
Philadelphia
(PP. 8-9).
In spite of the clear and difficult demo-
L. ALAN EYRE.
Geographic Aspects of
graphic problem of Jamaica, the author
Population Dynamics in Jamaica
.
Pp.
makes estimates to support his belief that
viii, 172. Boca Raton: Florida Atlantic
the food gap can be met to support a grow-
University Press, 1972. Distributed by
ing population through maximizing produc-
the University of Florida Press, Gaines-
tion on the better coastal lands, using such
ville. $7.50.
crops as corn, soybeans, and the &dquo;miracle
rice.&dquo;
Yet, this reviewer would say that
EDWARD BRATHWAITE. The Development
food is not the crucial problem as yet; it
of Creole Society in Jamaica, 1770-1820.
is space. As one keen observer has said,
Pp. xvi, 374. Oxford: Clarendon Press,
&dquo;a worm doesn’t need much space, but a
1971. $16.00.
butterfly does.&dquo;
These studies, by coincidence, comple-
ment each other very well. Human geog-
Brathwaite states the rationale of his
rapher Eyre focuses attention upon the
monograph as follows: &dquo;It is an historical
most important current problem of Ja-
study with a socio-cultural emphasis, seek-
maica : population pressure; while historical
ing to understand the workings of a ’creole’
sociologist-or social historian-Brathwaite
society during the central period of British
concentrates on the most important prob-
West Indian slavery&dquo; (p. xiv). The author
lem of Jamaica’s past: African slavery.
presents the substance of his thesis in four
Moreover, any study of these problems of
parts, after an introduction. Part one de-
Jamaica, present or past,...