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The growth of the modern West Indies
- Title
- The growth of the modern West Indies / Gordon K. Lewis ; with an introduction by Franklin Knight.
- Author
- Lewis, Gordon K.
- Publication
- Kingston, Jamaica ; Miami : Ian Randle, 2004.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Knight, Franklin W.
- Description
- xxxv, 554 p.; 22 cm.
- 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.
- Subject
- Note
- "Originally published in the USA 1968 by Monthly Review Press."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-528) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc D 06-1250
- ISBN
- 9766371717 (pbk.)
- 097535292X
- OCLC
- 55702606
- Author
- Lewis, Gordon K.
- Title
- The growth of the modern West Indies / Gordon K. Lewis ; with an introduction by Franklin Knight.
- Imprint
- Kingston, Jamaica ; Miami : Ian Randle, 2004.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-528) and index.
- Added Author
- Knight, Franklin W.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 06-1250