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Sir Henry Fraser has been described as the Renaissance man of Barbados. His autobiography makes fascinating reading: he is a natural story teller and, as he often says, 'History is his story.' The book is replete with captivating anecdotes and is illustrated with some of his paintings.

Designed for both managers and workers, this work offers useful strategies for understanding and handling absenteeism, strikes, fighting on the job, productivity and wage compensation. It emphasizes that the key to productive and positive relationship between managers and workers is the establishment of mutual trust in the workplace.

Explores the establishment of a school nursing at the University Hospital of the West Indies and the progression of the basic nursing education programme from an apprenticeship system based on the British model to a partial student status system. The quality of the leadership throughout the period is highlighted.

This collection introduces the reader to the major issues involved in the management of a number of resources critical to Caribbean development. The chapters discuss the sustainability of water, fisheries and agriculture in the region from a variety of perspectives.

Regional and international concerns about the educational performance of males reflect a broader social anxiety about the plight of men in general and black men in particular. Looking at male under-achievement, the book challenges the popularly held assumption that boys fail because girls achieve.

An overview of the key issues facing the Jamaican child of the nineties. Crawford-Brown confronts the problems of Jamaican children with a view to sensitizing professionals and the public to these problems. This work provides a basis for analysing some of these problems and seeks to examine their programmatic and policy implications, particularly in relation to the improvement of systems of social service delivery.Who Will Save Our Children? is appropriate for professionals working with children, particularly teachers, social workers and guidance counsellors, but it is also geared towards parents, to help them understand their own situations and responses in terms of Jamaican society.

A comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of social research with a Caribbean focus, this publication draws on similar works in the long line of literature by Caribbean social scientists. The areas covered include the research process and conceptual issues in social research; the structure of the enquiry process; different methods of observation; techniques for analysing and presenting data; ethical and political issues in social research.

A must-read for community activists who've ever wondered how to get their stories in the media. How to Make Our Own News will also be a useful resource for journalists who cover environmental issues. The author is a veteran journalist who also has long been directly engaged in work on behalf of the environment, and he has written a cogent "how to" on reaching audiences, developing story ideas, conducting successful interviews and writing stories that will be accepted by news editors. The work includes appendixes that summarise Agenda 21, the principles of sustainable development that resulted from the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

A practical guide to basic urological examination, procedures and operations for medical students, interns, and surgical and urological residents. It includes a section on the management of urological emergencies that may first be seen by the junior doctor.

This volume presents papers by George Beckford which cover topics ranging from agricultural economics to political economy, to the social economy of ""man space"", to the cultural roots of Caribbean creativity and a vision of one independent, sovereign and self-reliant Caribbean nation.

The West Indies Cricket Team, formed in 1884, made its first overseas tour to Canada and United States. The first match was played against the Montreal Cricket Club, 16-17 August 1886. This book speaks to the Canadian and American beginning of the West Indian cricket culture that emerged a century later as a powerful performance force of the game.

As a collection of conference papers (presented at the University of West Indies, Mona, October 18-19, 1991), Maroon Heritage is intended to reinforce a dialogue that is at once intercultural and interdisciplinary. Two Jamaican Maroon Chiefs, Colonel Harris from Moore Town and former Colonel Wright from Accompong, participated with contributions on various aspects of the history and culture of their respective communities.