Lewis, Gordon K. <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/> "Originally published in the USA 1968 by Monthly Review Press." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-528) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9766371717 9789766371715 097535292X 9780975352922 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>Geschichte 1918-1968. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gesellschaft.<br/>Kultur.<br/>Politics and government.<br/>Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>West Indies--History.<br/>Caribbean Area--History.<br/>West Indies, British--Social conditions.<br/>West Indies, British--Politics and government.<br/>Westindien.<br/>Caribbean Area.<br/>West Indies.<br/>West Indies--British West Indies.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F2131  / .L48 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>972.9052