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Behind the bridge / [edited by] Selwyn Ryan, Roy Mc Cree, Godfrey St. Bernard.

Title
Behind the bridge / [edited by] Selwyn Ryan, Roy Mc Cree, Godfrey St. Bernard.
Publication
St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago : I.S.E.R., University of the West Indies, 1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Ryan, Selwyn D.
  • Mc Cree, Roy.
  • St. Bernard, Godfrey.
Description
xi, 391 p. : ill., map; 21 cm.
Summary
Goes beyond the stereotypes of Laventille to obtain answers to question whether residents of Laventille have a particular mentality which is responsible foe the social pathologies or whether they are victims of society, or a culture of poverty and oppression.
Subject
  • Poverty > Port of Spain
  • Laventille (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) > Social conditions
  • Laventille (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) > Economic conditions
  • Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) > Social conditions
  • Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) > Economic conditions
Note
  • Contributors also include: Ann Lee, Deryck R. Brown.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The steelband movement and community politics in Laventille / Ann Lee -- Unemployment, patronage and politics in Laventille / S. Ryan -- Party politics in Laventille / S. Ryan -- Attitudes and perceptions of secondary school teachers in Laventille / D.R. Brown -- Security and solidarity in Laventille / Roy McCree -- Kinship and family dynamics in Laventille / G. St. Bernard -- Social policy imperatives and human resources in Laventille : towards poverty reduction / G. St. Bernard
ISBN
9766180288
LCCN
^^^99183346^
OCLC
38988788
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library