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The growth of the modern West Indies / Gordon K. Lewis ; with an introduction by Franklin Knight.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Kingston, Jamaica ; Miami : Ian Randle 2004.Description: xxxv, 554 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9766371717 (pbk.)
  • 9789766371715 (pbk.)
  • 097535292X
  • 9780975352922
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Contents:
Introduction -- The West Indian scene -- The Caribbean background -- British colonialism: the social legacy -- British colonialism: the political legacy -- The Incubus of Crown Colony: The Leeward Islands -- The Incubus of Crown Colony: The Windward Islands -- The emergence of national society: Jamaica -- The emergence of national society: Trinidad and Tobago -- The emergence of national society: Barbados -- The emergence of national society: Guyana -- The Latin Enclave: British Honduras -- The Atlantic Perimeter: Bermuda and the Bahamas -- The problem of size: The Lesser group -- The federal venture: The formative years -- The federal venture: the road to failure -- The challenge of independence.
Summary: Provides an in-depth analysis of the forces that contributed to the shaping of the West Indian society covering the the crucial inter-war years from the 1920s to the period of the 1960s.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) 1 Available 00000054344

"Originally published in the USA 1968 by Monthly Review Press."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-528) and index.

Introduction -- The West Indian scene -- The Caribbean background -- British colonialism: the social legacy -- British colonialism: the political legacy -- The Incubus of Crown Colony: The Leeward Islands -- The Incubus of Crown Colony: The Windward Islands -- The emergence of national society: Jamaica -- The emergence of national society: Trinidad and Tobago -- The emergence of national society: Barbados -- The emergence of national society: Guyana -- The Latin Enclave: British Honduras -- The Atlantic Perimeter: Bermuda and the Bahamas -- The problem of size: The Lesser group -- The federal venture: The formative years -- The federal venture: the road to failure -- The challenge of independence.

Provides an in-depth analysis of the forces that contributed to the shaping of the West Indian society covering the the crucial inter-war years from the 1920s to the period of the 1960s.

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