The Haunting Past

by Thompson, Alvin O.

• ISBN13: 9780765600134
• ISBN10: 0765600137
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781317456490
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: M E Sharpe Inc

Summary

This survey addresses three important aspects of Caribbean life in the twentieth century -- politics, economics, and race -- and attempts to show their relationship and interaction. Following a geographic, ethnographic, and historical introduction, the author describes the political heritage of the region, characterized by a lack of indigenous political and democratic tradition and by the existence of political fragmentation and political violence. He then investigates economic conditions, including resource dimensions of the region and distorted economic development, and finally, the role of race, racial interaction and dynamism.

Author Biography

Alvin Thompson is a Senior Lecturer in Caribbean and African history at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Physiognomy of Caribbean Colonialism Politics

The Undemocratic and Fragmented Tradition

The Politics of Violence Economics

The Resource Dimension

Distorted Development Path I

Distorted Development Path II Race

Types and Stereotypes

The Dynamics of Race and Colour Conclusion

Targets for Revolution

Bibliography

Index

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