Freedom's children : the 1938 labor rebellion and the birth of modern Jamaica /

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This is a comprehensive history of Jamaica's watershed 1938 labor rebellion and its aftermath. The author argues that, a hundred years after the abolition of slavery, Jamaica's disgruntled workers challenged the oppressive status quo and forced a morally ossified British colonial society t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Palmer, Colin A., 1944-2019
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
Temas:
To 1999
Labor > Jamaica > History > 20th century.
Labor unions > Political activity > Jamaica > History > 20th century.
Travail > Jamaïque > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Syndicats > Activité politique > Jamaïque > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Labor
Labor unions > Political activity
Politics and government
Jamaika > Arbeiteraufstand > 1938
Jamaica > Politics and government > To 1962.
Jamaica > History > To 1962.
Jamaïque > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 1962.
Jamaïque > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1962.
Jamaica
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Jamaica in 1938
  • The labor rebellion
  • Race and the colonial imagination
  • Looking back, moving forward
  • Bustamante, unionism, and the politics of performance
  • Bustamante and the politics of power
  • Challenging power and facing the consequences
  • Constitutional change
  • Party politics.

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