Eric Williams & the making of the modern Caribbean / Colin A. Palmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Colin A., 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trinidad and Tobago--Politics and government--20th century.

Trinidad and Tobago.

West Indies, British--Politics and government--20th century.

West Indies, British.

Williams, Eric Eustace, 1911-1981.

Williams, Eric Eustace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Eric Williams and the making of the modern Caribbean

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Born in Trinidad, Eric Williams (1911-81) founded the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago's first modern political party in 1956, led the country to independence from the British culminating in 1962, and became the nation's first prime minister. Before entering politics, he was a professor at Howard University and wrote several books, including the classic Capitalism and Slavery. In the first scholarly biography of Williams, Colin Palmer provides insights into Williams's personality that illuminate his life as a scholar and politician and his tremendous influence on the historiography and p

Contents:

Intellectual decolonization

The challenge of political and economic integration

The struggle for Chaguaramas

Eric Williams and the golden handshake

Courting Grenada

Bleeding Guiana

Eric Williams, Africa, and Africans

The economics and politics of race.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-338) and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908802-4-6

979-88-9313-222-9

1-4696-0569-4

0-8078-8850-8

OCLC:

647821763