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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253337503321

Autore

Clarke Colin

Titolo

Race, Class, and the Politics of Decolonization [[electronic resource] ] : Jamaica Journals, 1961 and 1968 / / by Colin Clarke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-54078-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Studies of the Americas

Disciplina

325/.30972920904

Soggetti

Social structure

Equality

Ethnicity

Political theory

Political science

Political economy

World politics

Social Structure, Social Inequality

Ethnicity Studies

Political Theory

Political Science

International Political Economy

Political History

Jamaica Social conditions 20th century

Jamaica Politics and government To 1962

Jamaica Politics and government 1962-

Jamaica History Autonomy and independence movements

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Jamaica : a British Colony on the Eve of Independence -- Kingston and Rural Jamaica -- The Ras Tafari Movement, Marxism and Race -- Race, Class and the Referendum -- Sovereign Jamaica : Post-Colonialism as Neocolonialism.



Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a detailed picture of Jamaica before and after independence. A 1961 journal sheds light on the political and social context before independence, while a 1968 journal shows how independence dissolved dissident forces and identifies the origins of Jamaica's current two party politics.