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Race, ideology, and the decline of Caribbean Marxism /

In this book, Anthony Maingot examines the contemporary intellectual, social, economic, and cultural trajectories of Caribbean nations in light of the challenges the region as a whole has faced in the postcolonial era. By focusing on changes since the 1990s in the context of intellectual roots and m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maingot, Anthony P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Prologue: the modern-conservative society framework
  • Eric Williams vs. Juan Bosch: on Caribbean historical fundamentals
  • Eric Williams vs. Frank Tannenbaum: on slave laws, slavery systems, and subsequent race relations
  • Arturo Morales Carrión vs. Gordon K. Lewis: on United States colonialism in Puerto Rico
  • Haiti: the origins of the Caribbean's "terrified consciousness" about race
  • Haitian realities and scholarly myths: a counterintuitive analysis
  • Two popular theories of Caribbean ideology and race relations: Frantz Fanon's theory of liberating violence and the theory of plantation societies
  • C.L.R. James, George Padmore, and the myth of the revolutionary Caribbean
  • What type of socialism? Marxists and social democrats vie for leadership
  • The failure of socialism and "militarism" in Grenada, 1979-83
  • Transcending race: self-interest and self-determination in the non-independent territories
  • Barbados: tradition and modernity in a model small state
  • Cuba, the last holdout: "organic" intellectuals defend the revolution by abandoning Marxist-Leninism
  • Conclusion: confronting the perilous threats of organized crime and energy dependence.