
The Young Colonials
A Social History of Education in Trinidad and Tobago 1834-1939
Carl C. Campbell(Author)
University of the West Indies Press
Published on 30. October 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
398 pages
978-976-640-011-8 (ISBN)
Description
Argues that in content and orientation islands' educational system during colonial period was geared more to the metropole than to the local situation. Uses career and initiatives of J.O. Cutteridge, British educational official in Trinidad, to portray the occasional absurdity of the system. Highlights religious bodies' meaningful role in building schools and in other educational activities. Concludes that despite problems, education did provide a mechanism for upward social mobility and for overcoming barriers imposed by race, class, or ethnicity. Includes list of island scholars from late-19th century through 1939.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Kingston
Jamaica
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
644 gr
ISBN-13
978-976-640-011-8 (9789766400118)
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Carl Campbell is Professor of History, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. Among his many publications are The Young Colonials: A Social History of Education in Trinidad and Tobago, 1834-1919 (1996) and Endless Education: Main Currents in the Educational System of Modern Trinidad and Tobago, 1939-1986, Colony and Nation: A Short History of Education in Trinidad and Tobago (1992), Cedulants and Capitulants: The Politics of the Coloured Opposition in the Slave Society of Trinidad (1992).
He is currently editor of the Jamaica Historical Review and is past president of the Jamaican Historical Society and the Association of Caribbean Historians.