PROJECT

We digitized and collected historical records in archives in London and Kingston, building new datasets on colonial institutions, public expenditure, religion, and local development in the British Caribbean.

PAPERS

Marriage, Financial Constraints, and Morality in Late 19th and Early 20th Century Colonial Jamaica
Fabio Gatti & Eric Strobl,
The History of the Family
(Full article: Marriage, Financial Constraints, and Morality in Late 19th and Early 20th Century Colonial Jamaica)

Colonial Governance and Resource Allocation in the British West Indies (1838–1938)
Fabio Gatti, Eric Strobl & Luisito Bertinelli
(older version: EHES_281.pdf)

Planting Christendom: Denominational Competition in
Colonial Jamaica (1828–1920), in progess