Becoming Belize: A History of an Outpost of Empire Searching for Identity, 1528-1823

by Mavis C. Campbell

Belize, formerly British Honduras, had a different beginning from most other British Caribbean colonies and was not dependent on sugar production but on the exploitation of the forests for timber. Unlike most books on Belize, this study explores in some detail the early Spanish attempts to colonize the area called Belize today and identifies many of the problems Spain encountered.

Campbell persuasively posits that Belizean history can be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9766402469
• ISBN13: 9789766402464
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"