"This book thematically analyses and surveys areas of Caribbean history and society. The work is divided into three parts, part one addresses migration and identity; part two explores policy and development; part three explores music and literature. The volume places a fresh perspective on these topics. The proposed articles depart from the usual broader themes of politics, economics and society and provides a deeper insight into forces that left a decisive legacy on aspects of the Caribbean region. Suchcontributions come at a time when some of the Caribbean territories are marking over 50 years as independent nation states but attempting to create, understand and forge ways of dealing with critical national and regional issues. The volume brings together a board group of scholars writing on Caribbean issues including postgraduate students, lecturers, and researchers. Each submission is thematically divided into the aforementioned areas. This work proposes to address areas much deeper than the linear historical and social science models, and it offers Caribbean academics and researchers a foundation for further research"--
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| Introduction |
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THEME 1 Migration and Identity |
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1 Visionaries, Pioneers, Apostles and Healers: The Contribution of Migrants from Trinidad and Tobago to the Development of Black Britain, 1948-1986 |
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2 The Migration of West Indian Women from the Caribbean Community to the Eastern Seaboard of the United States of America from the 1960s to the 1990s: A Coping Strategy |
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3 Black Power and West Indian Cricket Exercises in Post-Nationalism |
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4 From PAOC to PAWI: The Transition to Regional Leadership, Global Influences, Internal Forces and Pentecostal Expansion in Trinidad, 1964-2002 |
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THEME 2 Social Policy and Development |
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5 The Contribution of Calypso in Transforming Race Relations in Trinidad and the Wider Caribbean Through the Subject of Cricket |
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6 Engendering Justice for Women |
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7 Crisis of Governance in Small States: Leadership and Ideology in the Anglophone Caribbean |
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8 Fighting a Losing Battle?: Labour in Trinidad and Tobago |
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THEME 3 Music and Literature |
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9 Lyrics to Build a Nation |
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10 Mapping a Musical Journey of Soca in the Crop Over Festival of Barbados |
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11 Recuperating the Lost Voice of Esteban Montejo in Miguel Barnet's Biografia de un cimarron |
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12 Re-reading Historical Forces: Slavery and Its Vestiges in Afro-Hispanic Culture in Mayra Santos Febres' Fe en disfraz |
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| List of Contributors |
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Jerome Teelucksingh is Lecturer in the Department of History at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad. He has presented papers at academic conferences, published book chapters and refereed journal articles on migration, Indians in Trinidad, trade unions and migration.
Shane Pantin is an attorney-at-law and graduate of the Department of History and Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad. His areas of interest include Caribbean history, legal history and international law.
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