N.W. Manley and the making of modern Jamaica / Arnold Bertram. PRINT

Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-428) and index.

Roots -- the origins, growth and decline of a coloured and black political class -- Norman Manley : the early years -- From rebel to Rhodes Scholar -- The rise and demise of the first nationalist organizations -- For king and empire -- Edna -- The ordeal of a coloured colonial in an imperial war -- Oxford, marriage and the Bar -- The national and colonial question in the Post-War world -- My destiny awaits my return to Jamaica -- The rise to leadership of the Jamaican Bar -- Black nationalism / Ethiopianism stirs national and racial consciousness -- Drumblair -- Trade unionists, nationalists and Marxists shape the emerging national movement -- "We're out to build a new Jamaica" -- Nineteen thirty-eight -- The birth of the People's National Party -- Leading the struggle for a new constitution -- The 1944 General Election -- Fighting for survival -- The PNP/TUC offensive -- The 1949 General Election -- Leading the Opposition -- The crisis in the Party and the impact of the Cold War -- The 1955 General Election -- The making of modern Jamaica -- The 1959 General Election -- Tensions and challenges -- The Federal debate -- Negotiating Jamaica's independence -- The 1962 General Election -- Independence -- Renewing the PNP in independent Jamaica -- Once more to the beach -- The last years.