Caribbean political activism : essays in honour of Richard Hart / edited by Rupert Lewis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hart, Richard, 1917-2013.

Lewis, Rupert.

Series:

Caribbean reasonings

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hart, Richard, 1917-2013.

Hart, Richard.

Political activists--Jamaica--Biography.

Political activists.

Political activists--Caribbean Area.

Labor movement--Jamaica.

Labor movement.

Labor movement--Caribbean Area.

Jamaica--Politics and government.

Jamaica.

Politics and government.

Caribbean Area.

Genre:

Biographies.

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 302 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Kingston ; Miami : Ian Randle Publishers, 2012.

Summary:

"Richard Hart's constant quest for political autonomy, decolonisation and regional unity has earned him a space in the annals of history as one of Jamaica's leading nationalist figures and as a vital contributor to the Caribbean integration movement. As a key proponent of social, political and economic transformations in the region, Hart fought arduously for trade unionism, political sovereignty and mass-based democratic political parties among other important issues which advanced the lives of Caribbean nationals. Hart's upper middle class upbringing and his status as a lawyer was never a deterrent to his championing the cause of the ordinary man. For his subversive political beliefs and radical stance against colonial powers, he was imprisoned by the British colonial government in the 1940s, expelled by the People's National Party in 1952, and branded a radical by those who deemed his beliefs rogue and detrimental to their interests in the Caribbean. Caribbean Reasonings-Caribbean Political Activism: Essays in Honour of Richard Hart offers some of the best assessment of the work of one of Jamaica's best politicians,activists and historians. Along with the critical reflection of his work, Caribbean Political Activism :Essays in Honour of Richard Hart also shows the struggles the Jamaican and Grenadian societies faced in the post-independence years of the 1970s and 1980s."--P. [4] of cover.

Contents:

Introduction: Richard Hart's Evaluation of Early Modern Jamaican politics / Rupert Lewis

Preserving the Record: The role of the political activist/Historian / John A. Aarons

The logic of Richard Hart's Slaves Who Abolished Slavery: black abolitionism and the agency of emancipated nationhood / Clinton Hutton

Richard Hart and the 'Resurrection' of Marcus Garvey / Robert A. Hill

Insights from the 1938 (All Jamaica) economic and industrial conference / Mark Figueroa

The present in the past: Caribbean economic development since Independence: the 1960s-2000s / Derick Boyd

Alexander Bustamante and constitutional government in Jamaica, 1944-47 / Robert Buddan

Seaforth in the eye of the storm: the role of Rastafari in major 1938 events / Louis E. A. Moyston

The 1930s Labour Rebellions in Barbados and Jamaica: considering violence and leadership in decolonization / Maziki Thame

The early political history of Wilfred A. Domingo, 1919-39 / Margaret Stevens

Black Marxist: Champion of the Negro Toilers / Rodney Worrell

Self-Liberation: the cases of occupied Haiti and the Anglophone Caribbean's Labour Rebellions / Myrtha Désulmé

Imagining freedom: Afro-Jamaican yearnings and the politics of the workers' party of Jamaica / Obika Gray

Grenada, once again: Re-visiting the 1983 crisis and collapse of the Grenada revolution / Brian Meeks

Grenada, Education, and revolution, 1979-83 / Anne Hickling-Hudson

Foreign policy and economic development in small states: A case study of Grenada / Patsy Lewis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

976637614X

9789766376147

OCLC:

818413874

Publisher Number:

99951684742