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References

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Further reading

General history

• Cash Philip et al. (Don Maples, Alison Packer). The Making of the Bahamas: A History for Schools. London: Collins, 1978.
• Albury, Paul. The Story of The Bahamas. London: MacMillan Caribbean, 1975.
• Miller, Hubert W. The Colonization of the Bahamas, 1647–1670, The William and Mary Quarterly 2 no.1 (Jan 1945): 33–46.
• Craton, Michael. A History of the Bahamas. London: Collins, 1962.
• Craton, Michael and Saunders, Gail. Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992
• McCartney, Donald M., "Bahamian Culture And Factors Which Impact Upon It". Pittsburgh, PA: Dorrance Publishing,:) 2004

Economic history

• Johnson, Howard. The Bahamas in Slavery and Freedom. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishing, 1991.
• Johnson, Howard. The Bahamas from Slavery to Servitude, 1783–1933. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1996.
• Storr, Virgil H. Enterprising Slaves and Master Pirates: Understanding Economic Life in the Bahamaz. New York: Peter Lang, 2004.

Social history

• Johnson, Wittington B. Race Relations in the Bahamas, 1784–1834: The Nonviolent Transformation from a Slave to a Free Society. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas, 2000.
• Shirley, Paul. "Tek Force Wid Force", History Today 54, no. 41 (April 2004): 30–35.
• Saunders, Gail. The Social Life in the Bahamas 1880s–1920s. Nassau: Media Publishing, 1996.
• Saunders, Gail. Bahamas Society After Emancipation. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishing, 1990.
• Curry, Jimmy. Filthy Rich Gangster/First Bahamian Movie. Movie Mogul Pictures: 1996.

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• Official website for Bahamas government
• Official website for Bahamas Tourist Office
• Bahamas travel guide from Wikitravel
• Bahamas Financial Services Board
• The Association of International Banks & Trust Companies in The Bahamas
• The Bahamas Constitution
• Bahamian Studies Online
• CIA World Factbook entry on Bahamas

International membership

v â€¢  â€¢ e Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Members Antigua and Barbuda Â· Bahamas1 Â· Barbados Â· Belize Â· Dominica Â· Grenada Â· Guyana Â· Haiti1 Â· Jamaica Â· Montserrat2 Â· St. Kitts and Nevis Â· St. Lucia Â· St. Vincent and the Grenadines Â· Suriname Â· Trinidad and Tobago Associate members Anguilla Â· Bermuda Â· Cayman Islands Â· British Virgin Islands Â· Turks and Caicos Islands Observers Aruba Â· Colombia Â· Dominican Republic Â· Mexico Â· Netherlands Antilles Â· Puerto Rico Â· Venezuela 1 Member of the Community but not of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).   2 British overseas territory awaiting entrustment to join the CSME. v â€¢ d â€¢ e Commonwealth realms Antigua and Barbuda Â· Australia Â· Bahamas Â· Barbados Â· Belize Â· Canada Â· Grenada Â· Jamaica Â· New Zealand Â· Papua New Guinea Â· St Kitts and Nevis Â· St Lucia Â· St Vincent and the Grenadines Â· Solomon Islands Â· Tuvalu Â· United Kingdom v â€¢ d â€¢ e Commonwealth of Nations Sovereign states Antigua and Barbuda Â· Australia Â· Bahamas Â· Bangladesh Â· Barbados Â· Belize Â· Botswana Â· Brunei Â· Cameroon Â· Canada Â· Cyprus Â· Dominica Â· Fiji Â· The Gambia Â· Ghana Â· Grenada Â· Guyana Â· India Â· Jamaica Â· Kenya Â· Kiribati Â· Lesotho Â· Malawi Â· Malaysia Â· Maldives Â· Malta Â· Mauritius Â· Mozambique Â· Namibia Â· Nauru Â· New Zealand Â· Nigeria Â· Pakistan Â· Papua New Guinea Â· St. Kitts and Nevis Â· St. Lucia Â· St. Vincent and the Grenadines Â· Samoa Â· Seychelles Â· Sierra Leone Â· Singapore Â· Solomon Islands Â· South Africa Â· Sri Lanka Â· Swaziland Â· Tanzania Â· Tonga Â· Trinidad and Tobago Â· Tuvalu Â· Uganda Â· United Kingdom Â· Vanuatu Â· Zambia Dependencies Australia Ashmore and Cartier Islands Â· Australian Antarctic Territory Â· Christmas Island Â· Cocos (Keeling) Islands Â· Coral Sea Islands Â· Heard Island and McDonald Islands Â· Norfolk Island New Zealand Cook Islands Â· Niue Â· Ross Dependency Â· Tokelau United Kingdom Akrotiri and Dhekelia Â· Anguilla Â· Bermuda Â· British Antarctic Territory Â· British Indian Ocean Territory Â· British Virgin Islands Â· Cayman Islands Â· Falkland Islands Â· Gibraltar Â· Guernsey Â· Isle of Man Â· Jersey Â· Montserrat Â· Pitcairn Islands Â· St. Helena (including Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha) Â· South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Â· Turks and Caicos Islands