B. W. Higman is William Keith Hancock Professor of History, Australian National University.
List of Illustrations
ix
Preface
xi
Planters and Proprietors
1
(14)
Part 1 Managers
Managerial Hierarchies
15
(26)
Absentees
17
(5)
Absenteeism
22
(7)
Managerial Alternatives
29
(3)
Terminologies
32
(4)
Defining the Attorney
36
(5)
Planting Attorneys
41
(53)
Regulation
41
(3)
Appointment
44
(3)
Qualifications
47
(2)
Functions
49
(6)
Numbers
55
(14)
Domains
69
(6)
Demography
75
(6)
Payment
81
(3)
Wealth
84
(4)
Status
88
(3)
The Typical Attorney
91
(3)
Keeping Accounts
94
(19)
Planters' Accounts
95
(7)
Merchants' Accounts
102
(7)
Planning and Projections
109
(4)
Communicating
113
(24)
Writing Technologies
115
(2)
Inland Post
117
(4)
Overseas Post
121
(7)
Speed
128
(3)
Communication and Correspondence
131
(6)
Part 2 Managing
Two Attorneys
137
(29)
Simon Taylor
137
(10)
Simon Taylor's Letters
147
(4)
Isaac Jackson
151
(9)
Isaac Jackson's Letters
160
(4)
Two Attorneys, Two Estates, Two Eras
164
(2)
Managing Golden Grove, 1765-1775
166
(61)
Personnel
168
(5)
Defending Inheritance
173
(3)
Defending Boundaries
176
(4)
Water Wars
180
(10)
Building
190
(4)
Working Land
194
(3)
Working People
197
(8)
Trading
205
(7)
Book-keeping
212
(4)
Predicting and Planning
216
(5)
Assessment
221
(6)
Managing Montpelier, 1839-1843
227
(52)
Montpelier's Managers
231
(3)
Workers and Wages
234
(13)
Rents and Renters
247
(10)
Sugar
257
(5)
Livestock
262
(5)
Profit and Loss
267
(5)
Assessment
272
(7)
Honour Among Thieves
279
(15)
Notes
294
(50)
Bibliography
344
(23)
Index
367
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