The growth of the modern West Indies /
Gordon K. Lewis ; with an introduction by Franklin Knight.
- Kingston, Jamaica ; Miami : Ian Randle, 2004.
- xxxv, 554 pages ; 22 cm
"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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Geschichte 1918-1968.
Gesellschaft. Kultur. Politics and government. Social conditions.
West Indies--History. Caribbean Area--History. West Indies, British--Social conditions. West Indies, British--Politics and government. Westindien. Caribbean Area. West Indies. West Indies--British West Indies.