The Caribbean : an intellectual history, 1774-2003 / Denis M. Benn.

By:

Benn, Denis

Analytics: Show analyticsPublication details: Kingston, Jamaica ; Miami [Fla.] : Ian Randle Publishers, 2004.Description: xx, 317 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0974215562
9780974215563
0974215570
9780974215570
9766371709
9789766371708
9766371121
9789766371128
9789766377892
9766377898

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Genre/Form:

History.

Additional physical formats: Caribbean.; Caribbean.DDC classification:

320.509729 22

LOC classification:

F2169 .B46 2004

Other classification:

15.85

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Contents:

The planter historians and the old representative system / Edward Long and Bryan Edwards -- The Crown Colony Government and imperial trusteeship: the political theory of Crown Colony Rule: Liverpool to Moyne -- West Indian nationalism: the intellectual dimensions: J.J. Thomas to Eric Williams -- The intellectual foundation of modern Caribbean economics: W. Arthur Lewis and the theory of economic growth -- New World and new political economy: Best, Beckford, Girvan et. al -- Marxism and socio-political change: C.L.R. James to Cheddie Jagan -- Black consciousness and Black affirmation: the intellectual dimensions of Black Power: Garvey to Rodney.

Summary: "The study is concerned mainly with the growth and development of political ideas in the Caribbean since the latter half of the eighteenth century. It attempts an analysis of the more significant intellectual formulations which have emerged in the region during the period ... it includes reference to some of the major economic theories which have shaped the Caribbean reality over the years."--Introduction ([p. xi]).

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-306) and index.

"The study is concerned mainly with the growth and development of political ideas in the Caribbean since the latter half of the eighteenth century. It attempts an analysis of the more significant intellectual formulations which have emerged in the region during the period ... it includes reference to some of the major economic theories which have shaped the Caribbean reality over the years."--Introduction ([p. xi]).

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