1st Edition
Dual Legacies in the Contemporary Caribbean Continuing Aspects of British and French Dominion
By Paul Sutton
Copyright 1986
278 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1986. This volume is the second of the three-volume edition of the proceedings of an international conference on Legacies of West Indian Slavery held at the University of Hull in July 1983 to commemorate the sesquicentenary of the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. Its focus is on the contemporary Caribbean and the omnipresent legacies of slavery that continue to mark everyday life in the region.
Introduction - the past in the present, Paul Sutton; the post-war decline of the sugar economy in the Commonwealth Caribbean, Ramesh Ramsaran; sugar in Barbados and Martinique - a socio-economic comparison, Michael Sleeman; the sugar protocol of the Lome Conventions and the Caribbean, Paul Sutton; citizenship and parliamentary politics in the English-speaking Caribbean, Anthony Maingot; the political economy of independence of the former associated states of the Commonwealth Caribbean, Tony Thorndike; Guyane - a departement like the others?, Frank Schwarzbeck; an economic policy for Martinique, Jean Crusol; the social and political thought of Aime Cesaire and C.L.R. James - some comparisons, John La Guerre; cultural dualism and political domination in Haiti, David Nicholls; contemporary educational issues in the Commonwealth Caribbean, Colin Brock.
Biography
Paul Sutton University of Hull
