Front cover
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Note to the reader
Introduction
1. The Burton Family and the Chiswick Estate, 1700-1788
2. Absentee Ownership in the Late Eighteenth Century, 1788-1797
3. A Burton in Jamaica, 1798-1801
4. A New Generation and Abolition, 1802-1815
5. Amelioration and Decline, 1816-1822
6. A New Plan, 1823-1828
7. Worker Unrest and Financial Crisis, 1829-1834
8. The Challenges of Apprenticeship, 1834-1838
9. Freedom and the Collapse of Chiswick, 1838-1846
Postscript
Bibliography