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Ordering Independence : The End of Empire in the Anglophone Caribbean, 1947-69 / by S. Mawby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mawby, Spencer, 1968-
- Series:
- Britain and the World, 2947-7190
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- America--History.
- America.
- Imperialism.
- History, Modern.
- Social history.
- Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain.
- History of the Americas.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- Modern History.
- Social History.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- Local Subjects:
- History of the Americas.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- Modern History.
- Social History.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (323 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Spencer Mawby analyses the conflicts between the British government and Caribbean nationalists over regional integration, the Cold War, immigration policy and financial aid in the decades before Jamaica, Trinidad and the other territories of the Anglophone Caribbean became independent.
- Contents:
- The struggle for independence 1947-1952
- Standing closer in the Caribbean
- Manley, Bustamante and constitutional reform in Jamaica
- Small island turmoil
- Ordering the islands 1952-1958
- The Cold War in the Caribbean
- Politics, race and reform in Trinidad and Barbados
- Building a West Indian state
- The triumph of disorder 1958-1962
- The federation against neo-imperialism: Chaguaramas
- The federation for itself: aid and immigration
- The federation against itself: the origins of the Jamaican Referendum
- The independence race: Trinidad v. Jamaica
- Order and disorder between dependence and independence 1962-1969
- Decolonisation deferred in British guiana
- The eastern Caribbean Federation and Barbadian independence
- The Windwards, the Leewards and associated statehood.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613845337
- 9781283532884
- 1283532883
- 9781137262899
- 1137262893
- OCLC:
- 802886211
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