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Cultural DNA builds on developments within indigenous Caribbean feminisms and gender studies as well as feminist anthropological currents to explore the nature of the rural Afro-Jamaican gender system, drawing on more than a decade of fieldwork in rural Jamaica. It is a cultural story of gender in rural Jamaica, specifically an ethnography of anthropological knowledge about the gender systems of rural Afro-Jamaicans in the community of Frankfield, Clarendon. It makes significant contributions to Caribbean feminist thought by offering novel ways of conceiving, portraying and reflecting on the significance of the dominant gender system through the use of a unique metaphor that posits a figurative relationship, comparing the role of gender in culture to DNA in biological life. In so doing, it asserts an ongoing, important role for non-native ethnography in the study of Caribbean gender dynamics.

Chronicles the Tobago movement for autonomy from Trinidad from the time of the union of these two Caribbean islands from 1889 to 1980 when Tobago gained internal self-government. This book argues that the problems Tobagonians were longstanding and can be traced throughout the history of the union.

Reconstructs a biography of enslaved Archibald Monteath, an Igbo, who was brought to Jamaica around 1802, became active in the Moravian Church and later purchased his freedom. This book explores the sociology of slavery from 1750 to the 1860s through Monteath's biography.

In a world that is globalizing, academic work must have an international dimension, especially in the behavioural sciences. This work presents theoretical and empirical information on areas of social psychology.

Presents a case study of a Jamaican high school, formerly known as a junior secondary high school. This work demonstrates the continuing education problem encountered by students and teachers in a two-tiered educational system. It provides several solutions for the transformation of schools as places for learning and character development.

Dame Eugenia Charles was the female prime minister in the Caribbean. This book features nine essays that capture critical elements of her life and times and her motivations as prime minister of Dominica. It reveals an admiration for her as a purpose-driven female leader, who never acted out of malice or vindictiveness.

Discusses mainly economic factors influencing Barbadian economic development since the Second World War. This work provides an interpretation of the role of foreign investment and public policy in the development process, within the conceptual framework of institutional structural analysis.

The Caribbean Heritage series is designed to publish new editions of historically significant works of fiction from our region. The first three volumes in the series comprise four Trinidadian novels published between 1838 and 1907.

An examination of the cultural evolution of the Jamaican people after the explosive uprising at Morant Bay in 1865. For the first time, the specific methods used by British imperial legislators to inculcate order, control and identity in the local society are described and analysed.

A collection of lectures delivered between 1987 and 1998. The book is divided into two sections: slavery and freedom, which features critical research on slavery and post-emancipation society, and gender.

Following the abolition of slavery in the Caribbean, a concerted effort was made to replace enslaved labour with indentured Indian labour. This is the story of one Indian woman's tragic experience in trying to immigrate to the Caribbean in the 19th century.

This comprehensive text is vital reading for managers, academics, consultants, and students involved in the growing tourism and hospitality sector in the Caribbean. In twenty-four articles, the book analyzes significant initiatives, trends and the challenges facing education and training institutions in the Caribbean. Chapters on sustainable tourism, environmental management and national resource development cover a wide variety of critical topics facing the industry. Case studies from The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands provide a diverse perspective for academics, policymakers and the regional tourism sector.

In 1987 St Vincent's Prime Minister called for a merging of the Eastern Caribbean countries into one state. Through interviews and analyses of primary documents, this work examines the jealousies and conflicting economic priorities which ultimately destroyed the movement for political unification.

This novel, published in 1838, chronicles the adventures of Warner Arundell, a white Creole of British descent, born in Grenada and brought up in Antigua and Trinidad. He studies law in Venezuela and medicine in England, then goes to seek his fortune. The novel is annotated and contextualized.

A critical appreciation of the work of Derek Walcott's Caribbean phase (1946-81). It examines Walcott's use of metaphor, by which he focuses on the juxtaposition of his concern with a regional history of negation and his immersion in the Western literary and cultural tradition of the colonizer.

A layman's guide to commercial arbitration in the Caribbean. The author draws together the various practical and, to a lesser extent, legal aspects of the regional laws, procedures and rules of arbitration and its offshoots: adjudication, mediation and conciliation.

This collection of papers in honour of Professor Robert Le Page addresses various topics in the field of English and Creole linguistics in the Caribbean. It includes sections on language in education, speakers' behaviours in informal discourse and language structure.

Characterized by fast-paced, highly danceable rhythms, chutney is a fusion of traditional and contemporary Indian and Caribbean influences. In this volume Tina K. Ramnarine explores the evolution of chutney and introduces the emerging Indian-Caribbean genre into the area of scholarly discourse.

Based on actual experiences from the perspectives of both students and teachers, this collection of ethnographic research articles provides a close-up view of Jamaican schools and classrooms.

In this work, Ramesh Deosaran describes a multidisciplinary approach to the study of poverty. He uses what he terms "photosociology" as a tool for painstaking research, and he presents "profiles of poverty" which effectively match the stark faces of the poor to statistical data.

This text assesses the role the University of the West Indies has played since its inception in providing tertiary education to the peoples of the Caribbean, and evaluates the future of the institution as it enters the 21st century. It addresses issues such as tertiary education and technology.

A study of policing and citizen-state relations in Jamaica. It examines the extent and sources of police ineffectiveness in controlling crime; assesses the quality of justice and declining public confidence in the criminal justice system; and analyzes police reform efforts.

This is a study of women and the law.

An analysis of the nature and trajectory of Jamaica's foreign relations from 1972 to 1989. It argues that the relative autonomy of Jamaica declined due to the evolution of an international regime, which in effect disallowed the political, social and economic experimentation originally envisioned.

A nature guide for both botanists and the more casual observer, identifying over 400 species of plant found in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. More than 50 percent of the plants described occur only in these mountains and nowhere else in the world. There are colour photographs and line drawings.

This collection of essays represents the first in-depth, scholarly treatment of housing policies and conditions throughout the Caribbean. The contributors consider both the performance of the state and the autonomous activities of the poor, making this volume an invaluable contribution to future planning and debate. The essays, each dealing with a specific island or group of islands, collectively address four main themes: the history of housing provision since colonization, current housing conditions, state policies toward housing provision, and the changing relationships between governments, international funding agencies, the private housing sector, and the peoples' responses. These investigations not only highlight the often alarming problems that Caribbean nations face in providing adequate housing for the poor but also implicate governments in past and present failures and poor performances. However, the essays are also filled with useful insights about the ways in which progressive housing policies can be formulated and implemented. For example, the volume suggests that the Caribbean's rich heritage of folk and vernacular architectural styles should be taken into serious account in future planning efforts. In a concluding synthesis chapter, the volume editors argue that a more progressive future is attainable if all parties exhibit the "political will" that the poor have already demonstrated.

CaribbeanLanguage Issues Old and New was conceived as a tribute to ProfessorMervyn Alleyne--who is widely acknowledged as a pioneer in thefield of Caribbean language-on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday.A wide variety of issues are dealt with: phonology, syntax, discourse, creole genesis, language problems in education, among others. Some authors re-visit topics on which Alleyne himself has written, building his insights in many cases, while others explore areas which had not been investigated previously.This work provides access to recent research by Caribbean scholars, and goes some way towards filling a gap, particularly in its usefulness to students of linguistics and teachers of English. At the same time, the uninitiated reader who decides to explore its pages will not be unrewarded, since the the style is simple and direct and the content, for the most part, not highly technical.

Developments in the teaching and learning of social studies over the years point to a conceptual focus on the active study/investigation of significant social issues and concerns. This book is intended to project the teaching and learning of social studies as the development and acquisition of skills for the study of social issues or phenomena.

Observations on the Changes of the Air and the Concomitant Epidemical Diseases in the Island of Barbadoes was first published in 1759 in London. It is certainly the first comprehensive documentation of an epidemiological nature, in English, in the Caribbean, and justifies the title "first Caribbean epidemiologist" for Dr Hillary.

Discusses the concept of stress based on accumulated scientific evidence so that the physiology and biochemistry of the stress response cycle can be better understood. General theories of stress are reviewed and discussed within a framework emphasising physiology and biochemistry.