02886nam 22006494a 450 991045519870332120200520144314.01-4696-0569-40-8078-8850-8(CKB)1000000000764470(EBL)454808(OCoLC)647821763(SSID)ssj0000148948(PQKBManifestationID)11162592(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148948(PQKBWorkID)10236773(PQKB)11627617(SSID)ssj0000777220(PQKBManifestationID)12347111(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777220(PQKBWorkID)10747295(PQKB)11746324(StDuBDS)EDZ0000243981(MiAaPQ)EBC454808(MiAaPQ)EBC4322146(MdBmJHUP)muse28053(Au-PeEL)EBL454808(CaPaEBR)ebr10310767(EXLCZ)99100000000076447020050801d2006 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEric Williams & the making of the modern Caribbean[electronic resource] /Colin A. PalmerChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20061 online resource (367 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5924-9 0-8078-2987-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-338) and index.Intellectual decolonization --The challenge of political and economic integration --The struggle for Chaguaramas --Eric Williams and the golden handshake --Courting Grenada --Bleeding Guiana --Eric Williams, Africa, and Africans --The economics and politics of race.Born in Trinidad, Eric Williams (1911-81) founded the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago's first modern political party in 1956, led the country to independence from the British culminating in 1962, and became the nation's first prime minister. Before entering politics, he was a professor at Howard University and wrote several books, including the classic Capitalism and Slavery. In the first scholarly biography of Williams, Colin Palmer provides insights into Williams's personality that illuminate his life as a scholar and politician and his tremendous influence on the historiography and pTrinidad and TobagoPolitics and government20th centuryWest Indies, BritishPolitics and government20th centuryElectronic books.972.98304/092BPalmer Colin A.1944-249407MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455198703321Eric Williams & the making of the modern Caribbean2468733UNINA