Eric Williams and the Making of the Modern Caribbean /

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Born in Trinidad, Eric Williams (1911-81) founded the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago's first modern political party in 1956, led the country to independence from the British culminating in 1962, and became the nation's first prime minister. Before entering politics, he was a professor at...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Palmer, Colin A., 1944-2019
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Williams, Eric Eustace, > 1911-1981
Williams, Eric Eustace, > 1911-
Williams, Eric Eustace, > 1911-1981.
Politics and government
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > General.
HISTORY > General.
West Indies > British West Indies.
Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinite-et-Tobago > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siecle.
West Indies, British > Politics and government > 20th century.
Trinidad and Tobago > Politics and government > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intellectual decolonization
  • The challenge of political and economic integration
  • The struggle for Chaguaramas
  • Eric Williams and the golden handshake
  • Courting Grenada
  • Bleeding Guiana
  • Eric Williams, Africa, and Africans
  • The economics and politics of race.

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