The Economy of Modern Jamaica
Author | : Keith Worrell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Jamaica |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Keith Worrell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Jamaica |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ian Thomson |
Publisher | : Bold Type Books |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2011-03-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1568586663 |
Named the Dolman Travel Book of the Year, The Dead Yard paints an unforgettable portrait of modern Jamaica. Since independence, Jamaica has gradually become associated with twin images--a resort-style travel Eden for foreigners and a new kind of hell for Jamaicans, a society where gangs control the areas where most Jamaicans live and drug lords like Christopher Coke rule elites and the poor alike. Ian Thomson's brave book explores a country of lost promise, where America's hunger for drugs fuels a dependent economy and shadowy politics. The lauded birthplace of reggae and Bob Marley, Jamaica is now sunk in corruption and hopelessness. A synthesis of vital history and unflinching reportage, The Dead Yard is "a fascinating account of a beautiful, treacherous country" (Irish Times).
Author | : Lloyd J. Simmonds |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 181 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Jamaica |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Franklin W. Knight |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2014-07-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1469617323 |
This collection of thirteen original essays by experts in the field of Caribbean studies clarifies the diverse elements that have shaped the modern Caribbean. Through an interdisciplinary examination of the complexities of race, politics, language, and environment that mark the region, the authors offer readers a thorough understanding of the Caribbean's history and culture. The essays also comment thoughtfully on the problems that confront the Caribbean in today's world. The essays focus on the Caribbean island and the mainland enclaves of Belize and the Guianas. Topics examined include the Haitian Revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; labor and society in the nineteenth-century Caribbean; society and culture in the British and French West Indies since 1870; identity, race, and black power in Jamaica; the "February Revolution" of 1970 in Trinidad; contemporary Puerto Rico; politics, economy, and society in twentieth-century Cuba; Spanish Caribbean politics and nationalism in the nineteenth century; Caribbean migrations; economic history of the British Caribbean; international relations; and nationalism, nation, and ideology in the evolution of Caribbean literature. The authors trace the historical roots of current Caribbean difficulties and analyze these problems in the light of economic, political, and social developments. Additionally, they explore these conditions in relation to United States interests and project what may lie ahead for the region. The challenges currently facing the Caribbean, note the editors, impose a heavy burden upon political leaders who must struggle "to eliminate the tensions when the people are so poor and their expectations so great." The contributors are Herman L. Bennett, Bridget Brereton, David Geggus, Franklin W. Knight, Anthony P. Maingot, Jay R. Mandle, Roberto Marquez, Teresita Martinez Vergne, Colin A. Palmer, Bonham C. Richardson, Franciso A. Scarano, and Blanca G. Silvestrini.
Author | : Isaac Cuir Riak |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Inter-American Development Bank |
Publisher | : IDB |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Jamaica |
ISBN | : 193100384X |
Author | : Deborah A. Thomas |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2004-11-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780822334194 |
DIVAn ethnographic study of cultural policy in Jamaica as seen from above and below in relation to race, class, and nation./div
Author | : Orlando Patterson |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2019-11-12 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0674243072 |
The preeminent sociologist and National Book Award–winning author of Freedom in the Making of Western Culture grapples with the paradox of his homeland: its remarkable achievements amid continuing struggles since independence. There are few places more puzzling than Jamaica. Jamaicans claim their home has more churches per square mile than any other country, yet it is one of the most murderous nations in the world. Its reggae superstars and celebrity sprinters outshine musicians and athletes in countries hundreds of times its size. Jamaica’s economy is anemic and too many of its people impoverished, yet they are, according to international surveys, some of the happiest on earth. In The Confounding Island, Orlando Patterson returns to the place of his birth to reckon with its history and culture. Patterson investigates the failures of Jamaica’s postcolonial democracy, exploring why the country has been unable to achieve broad economic growth and why its free elections and stable government have been unable to address violence and poverty. He takes us inside the island’s passion for cricket and the unparalleled international success of its local musical traditions. He offers a fresh answer to a question that has bedeviled sports fans: Why are Jamaican runners so fast? Jamaica’s successes and struggles expose something fundamental about the world we live in. If we look closely at the Jamaican example, we see the central dilemmas of globalization, economic development, poverty reduction, and postcolonial politics thrown into stark relief.
Author | : Deborah Hickling Gordon |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2020-11-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 3030380653 |
This book proposes contemporary decolonization as an approach to developing cultural economies in the Global South. It presents the account of the transformation of television in Jamaica and Ghana to audiovisual subsectors; from cultural institutions to cultural industries and then subsectors of emerging cultural economies as representative case studies. ‘Glocal’ changes are presented within five organizing phenomena: philosophical, ideological, and economic change, and their impact on governance and the operational transformation of the television sectors of Jamaica and Ghana. This book represents the first critical examination and comparison of cultural and creative industries (CCI) and economy concepts in the Caribbean and Africa. It is an original contribution to the development of strategies that influence processes, structures, and policies related to the cultural economy concept and those required to improve television industries. This process of describing culturally specific characteristics of CCI is designed to be applicable to the CCI of developing countries including those in Africa and the Caribbean, where interpretations and implementation suited for advanced industrial nations have been insufficiently questioned and challenged.
Author | : Euclid A. Rose |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780739104484 |
The three small economies that are the subject of this study were established as artificial colonial societies and have remained extremely vulnerable to the international capitalists system, a situation that has led to homegrown efforts to assert methods of development not associated with capitalism. After placing the developmental realities of the three countries in the general context of the Caribbean region and the global capitalist system, Rose (Siena College) critically examines the attempts of the three countries' experiments with socialism, begun in the 1970s. She reserves greater criticism for the United States as she turns her attention to U.S. government efforts to destabilize the countries in an effort to prevent the emerging of any socialist alternatives in an area it viewed as part of its sphere of influence. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.