A History of Modern Trinidad, 1783-1962
- ISBN-10
- 0435981161
- ISBN-13
- 9780435981167
- Category
- History / Caribbean & West Indies / General
- Pages
- 262
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Author
- Bridget Brereton
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