Research Catalog

Title

Jamaica's 50th anniversary scrapbook : the birth of a nation / forward by Dr. Donna Hope ; [edited by Ingrid Abrahams].

Publication

• [Jamaica] : Pageturner Publishing House, [2012]
• ©2012

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hope, Donna P.
• Abrahams, Ingrid

Description

60 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps; 26 cm

Summary

Celebrates 50 years of Jamaican independence by briefly covering the history from Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus's first visit to unsettled Jamaica in 1494 to the present.

Subject

• Decolonization > Jamaica
• Jamaica > Politics and government
• Jamaica > History

Note

• Cover title.

Source of Description (note)

• This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The University of Florida Libraries, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.

Contents

The birth of a nation -- National heroes and their exploits -- Out of many one people -- Down with the Union Jack, up with the Black, Gold and Green -- Sir Alexander Bustamante's 1962 Independence Address -- Hon. Norman Manley's 1962 Parliamentary Address -- A period of nation building -- From pounds and pence to dollars and cents -- Prime Ministers, 1962-present -- Snapshots.

Call Number

Sc F 14-537

OCLC

868900492

Title

Jamaica's 50th anniversary scrapbook : the birth of a nation / forward by Dr. Donna Hope ; [edited by Ingrid Abrahams].

Publisher

[Jamaica] : Pageturner Publishing House, [2012]

Copyright Date

©2012

Edition

Limited edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Hope, Donna P., writer of foreword.

Abrahams, Ingrid, editor.

Research Call Number

Sc F 14-537