Race, Class, and the Politics of Decolonization
Jamaica Journals, 1961 and 1968
Published on 29. April 2016
XIX, 218 pages
978-1-137-54078-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a detailed picture of Jamaica before and after independence. A 1961 journal sheds light on the political and social context before independence, while a 1968 journal shows how independence dissolved dissident forces and identifies the origins of Jamaica's current two party politics.
Reviews / Votes
"The diaries are supplemented by comprehensive footnotes and several fairly short elaborations, and there is a thorough introduction that seeks to position the diaries in their historical and political contexts. . they provide a record of interesting and turbulent times in Jamaica's social and political history . . these diaries tell us much of note about a decolonising and postcolonial society, about the author himself, and about how the two came together at a particular moment in time." (David Dodman, Bulletin of Latin America Research, Vol. 36 (4), 2017)More details
Series
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan US
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XIX, 218 p.
File size
4,57 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-137-54078-2 (9781137540782)
DOI
10.1057/9781137540782
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
11/2015
Palgrave MacMillan
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Person
Colin Clarke is an Emeritus Professor at Oxford University and an Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, UK. He is a Caribbeanist and his research interests are in race, ethnicity, and class in urban and rural communities and national contexts. His most recent publications include Decolonizing the Colonial City: Urbanization and Stratification in Kingston, Jamaica (2006) and, with Gillian Clarke, Post-Colonial Trinidad: An Ethnographic Journal (2010).
Content
Introduction
PART I: JAMAICA JOURNAL 1961
1. Jamaica: a British Colony on the Eve of Independence
2. Kingston and Rural Jamaica
3. The Ras Tafari Movement, Marxism and Race
4. Race, Class and the Referendum
PART II: JAMAICA JOURNAL 1968
5. Sovereign Jamaica: Post-Colonialism as Neocolonialism
