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Ideology and class conflict in Jamaica : the politics of rebellion /

In each rebellion, two ideological themes re-appear with remarkable tenacity. Bakan demonstrates the existence of "the religious idiom," an ideological current which uses Biblical teaching to reinforce and justify the struggle for greater rights. Also, Bakan shows that there is a belief in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bakan, Abigail B. (Abigail Bess), 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 A Labour Force in Transition: A Brief Historical Overview
  • 2 From Slavery to Freedom: The Baptist War of 1831
  • 3 Freedom without Rights: The Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865
  • 4 Into the Modern Era: The Labour Rebellion of 1938
  • 5 Some Implications for the Jamaican Political System
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • W