LEADER 02852nam 22006374a 450 001 9910815105203321 005 20230120055608.0 010 $a1-4696-0569-4 010 $a0-8078-8850-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000764470 035 $a(EBL)454808 035 $a(OCoLC)647821763 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000148948 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11162592 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148948 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10236773 035 $a(PQKB)11627617 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000777220 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12347111 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777220 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10747295 035 $a(PQKB)11746324 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000243981 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28053 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454808 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10310767 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454808 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4322146 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000764470 100 $a20050801d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEric Williams & the making of the modern Caribbean$b[electronic resource] /$fColin A. Palmer 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (367 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-5924-9 311 $a0-8078-2987-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [335]-338) and index. 327 $tIntellectual decolonization --$tThe challenge of political and economic integration --$tThe struggle for Chaguaramas --$tEric Williams and the golden handshake --$tCourting Grenada --$tBleeding Guiana --$tEric Williams, Africa, and Africans --$tThe economics and politics of race. 330 $aBorn 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 p 607 $aTrinidad and Tobago$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aWest Indies, British$xPolitics and government$y20th century 676 $a972.98304/092 676 $aB 700 $aPalmer$b Colin A.$f1944-$0249407 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815105203321 996 $aEric Williams & the making of the modern Caribbean$93999764 997 $aUNINA