
A Man Divided
Michael Garfield Smith, Jamaican Poet and Anthropologist 1921-1993
Douglas Hall(Author)
University of the West Indies Press
Published on 30. April 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
182 pages
978-976-640-034-7 (ISBN)
Description
Michael Garfield Smith was an internationally distinguished anthropologist. He was also a poet of merit, but few people knew that or really understood the conflicts, personal and professional, that made him, in the opinion of many who knew him, appear arrogant and unapproachable. This account tries to show the whole man, and it is to date the only biography of M. G. Smith.
A Man Divided is a brief account of M. G. Smith the man, "the talented, hardworking Jamaican and how he made his way, rather than of the academic performance of Professor M. G. Smith the internationally distinguished anthropologist". Preface
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Language
English
Place of publication
Kingston
Jamaica
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
1 facsim., 1 map, 1 plan, ports.
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
257 gr
ISBN-13
978-976-640-034-7 (9789766400347)
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Douglas Hall, Professor Emeritus of History, has had a long and distinguished career at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, in the Departments of Economics (1959-61) and History (1961-81). He retired in 1981. Among his many publications are Free Jamaica 1838-1865 (1959); Five of the Leewards 1834-1870 (1971); In Miserable Slavery: Thomas Thistlewood in Jamaica, 1750-86 (1989); and Grace, Kennedy and Company Ltd. A Story of Jamaican Enterprise (1993).