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100 1 _aLewis, Gordon K.
245 1 4 _aThe growth of the modern West Indies /
_cGordon K. Lewis ; with an introduction by Franklin Knight.
260 _aKingston, Jamaica ;
_aMiami :
_bIan Randle
_c2004.
300 _axxxv, 554 p. ;
_c22 cm.
500 _a"Originally published in the USA 1968 by Monthly Review Press."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 495-528) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- 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.
520 _aProvides 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.
651 0 _aWest Indies
_xHistory.
651 0 _aCaribbean Area
_xHistory.
651 0 _aWest Indies, British
_xSocial conditions.
651 0 _aWest Indies, British
_xPolitics and government.
700 1 _aKnight, Franklin W.
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