Hilary Beckles

2.2k total citations
61 papers, 810 citations indexed

About

Hilary Beckles is a scholar working on Cultural Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hilary Beckles has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 810 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Cultural Studies, 31 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 24 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Hilary Beckles's work include Caribbean history, culture, and politics (45 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (22 papers) and Cuban History and Society (16 papers). Hilary Beckles is often cited by papers focused on Caribbean history, culture, and politics (45 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (22 papers) and Cuban History and Society (16 papers). Hilary Beckles collaborates with scholars based in Barbados, Jamaica and United States. Hilary Beckles's co-authors include Barbara Bush, Verene A. Shepherd, Richard Waterhouse, Andrew S. Downes, Michael Jarvis, Bonham C. Richardson, Franklin W. Knight, Elsa V. Goveia, Marietta Morrissey and Patricia Gonce Morton and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, International Migration Review and Journal of American History.

In The Last Decade

Hilary Beckles

53 papers receiving 523 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hilary Beckles Barbados 16 414 359 322 84 76 61 810
George Reid Andrews United States 17 528 1.3× 216 0.6× 232 0.7× 56 0.7× 66 0.9× 83 943
Irā Berlin United States 19 714 1.7× 571 1.6× 185 0.6× 122 1.5× 107 1.4× 71 1.3k
Philip D. Morgan United States 17 414 1.0× 554 1.5× 182 0.6× 126 1.5× 99 1.3× 48 966
Thomas C. Holt United States 12 399 1.0× 200 0.6× 187 0.6× 35 0.4× 60 0.8× 25 615
Steve J. Stern United States 15 361 0.9× 295 0.8× 156 0.5× 56 0.7× 67 0.9× 49 970
Manthia Diawara United States 11 328 0.8× 193 0.5× 89 0.3× 105 1.3× 52 0.7× 44 616
Marcus Rediker United States 14 601 1.5× 553 1.5× 179 0.6× 186 2.2× 198 2.6× 51 1.3k
Susan Migden Socolow United States 17 223 0.5× 206 0.6× 213 0.7× 62 0.7× 95 1.3× 57 773
Robin Law United Kingdom 18 324 0.8× 672 1.9× 91 0.3× 100 1.2× 55 0.7× 71 997
Magnüs Mörner Sweden 14 365 0.9× 272 0.8× 267 0.8× 68 0.8× 66 0.9× 85 985

Countries citing papers authored by Hilary Beckles

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hilary Beckles

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hilary Beckles

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hilary Beckles. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hilary Beckles based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hilary Beckles. Hilary Beckles is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Keshavjee, Salmaan, Sonja Klinsky, Amit Thorat, et al.. (2026). Reparations and distributive justice in global health. BMJ Global Health. 11(Suppl 1). e023078–e023078.
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Beckles, Hilary, et al.. (2026). Reparations for Caribbean slavery and the potential impact on human well-being. BMJ Global Health. 11(Suppl 1). e017217–e017217. 1 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary. (2021). How Britain Underdeveloped the Caribbean. 8 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary. (2016). Caribbean racisms: connections and complexities in the racialization of the Caribbean region. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 40(3). 524–525. 5 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary. (2013). Britain's Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide. 39 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary. (2012). Bonds of Empire: West Indians and Britishness From Victoria to Decolonization. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 35(7). 1338–1339. 5 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary. (2008). Kalinago (Carib) Resistance to European Colonisation of the Caribbean. Caribbean Quarterly. 54(4). 77–94. 5 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary. (2006). A history of Barbados : from Amerindian settlement to Caribbean single market. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 22 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary. (1999). Islanders in the Streams: A History of the Bahamian People. Volume 2: From the Ending of Slavery to the Twenty-First Century by Michael Craton, Gail Saunders (review). University of Toronto Quarterly. 69(1). 212–214. 2 indexed citations
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Shepherd, Verene A. & Hilary Beckles. (1999). Caribbean Slavery in the Atlantic World. 29 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary. (1999). Just cricket: black struggles for racial justice and equality. African Studies. 58(2). 171–189. 2 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary. (1998). Historicizing Slavery in West Indian Feminisms. Feminist Review. 59(1). 34–56. 7 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary. (1998). The age of Nationalism. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary & Patricia Gonce Morton. (1997). Discovering the Women in Slavery: Emancipating Perspectives on the American Past.. Journal of American History. 84(1). 219–219. 3 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary & Verene A. Shepherd. (1996). Caribbean freedom : economy and society from emancipation to the present : a student reader. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary, et al.. (1996). A Question of Labour: Indentured Immigration into Trinidad and British Guiana 1875-1917.. The American Historical Review. 101(4). 1320–1320. 33 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary & Barbara Bush. (1992). Slave Women in Caribbean Society, 1650-1838.. International Migration Review. 26(2). 696–696. 118 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary. (1990). A history of Barbados. 15 indexed citations
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Beckles, Hilary. (1989). Natural Rebels: A Social History of Enslaved Women in Barbados. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 82 indexed citations

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