Bahamian memories

"In Bahamian Memories, Olga Jenkins offers a story of the last one hundred years of Bahamian history, letting those who lived it tell it. Allowing each person's recollection to stand with its own color, texture, and pattern, she has created a people's history of these Bahamians." "Most of the thirty people Jenkins selected were born during the first three decades of the twentieth century, and their voices are as varied as the populations of the eight islands the author visited, including black, white, mixed, and working- and middle-class individuals. Their views of change during the last century are captured in discussions ranging from early lifestyles, beliefs, and values to traditional occupations and customs to contract farming and tourism."--BOOK JACKET.