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Inward yearnings : Jamaica's journey to nationhood / Colin A. Palmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Palmer, Colin A., 1944-2019, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jamaica--Politics and government--1962-.
- Jamaica.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Kingston, Jamaica : The University of the West Indies Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Inward Yearnings: Jamaica's Journey to Nationhood is a pioneering case study of an Anglo-Caribbean island's search for a racial selfhood, its nervous embrace of its African heritage and ultimately a nationalism that reflected those inner longings.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Becoming Jamaican
- 2. African Dreams
- 3. Seeking Political Selfhood
- 4. Towards a West Indian Consciousness
- 5. The Federal Detour
- 6. Disunity in Unity
- 7. Saving the Federation
- 8. "Jamaica, Yes"
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789766405939
- 976640593X
- OCLC:
- 1390800849
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