Much educational research today is focused on assessing reforms that are intended to create equal opportunity for all students. Many current policies aim at concentrating extra resources on the disadvantaged. The state-of-the-art research in Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem suggests,...

The export boom in Barbados -- Land and labor during the export boom -- Who financed the sugar boom? -- The growth of the Barbadian sugar industry over the seventeenth century -- Origins of the Barbadian plantation complex -- The expansion of Barbados -- Epilogue: rethinking the sugar revolution.