The growth of the modern West Indies / Gordon K. Lewis ; with an introduction by Franklin Knight.

"Originally published in the USA 1968 by Monthly Review Press."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-528) and index.

Introduction -- The West Indian scene -- The Caribbean background -- British colonialism: the social legacy -- British colonialism: the political legacy -- The Incubus of Crown Colony: The Leeward Islands -- The Incubus of Crown Colony: The Windward Islands -- The emergence of national society: Jamaica -- The emergence of national society: Trinidad and Tobago -- The emergence of national society: Barbados -- The emergence of national society: Guyana -- The Latin Enclave: British Honduras -- The Atlantic Perimeter: Bermuda and the Bahamas -- The problem of size: The Lesser group -- The federal venture: The formative years -- The federal venture: the road to failure -- The challenge of independence.

Provides an in-depth analysis of the forces that contributed to the shaping of the West Indian society covering the the crucial inter-war years from the 1920s to the period of the 1960s.

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