| Brother's Keeper: The United States, Race, and Empire in the British Caribbean, 1937-1962 Contributor(s): Parker, Jason C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195332016 ISBN-13: 9780195332018 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $86.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: In 1962, amidst the Cuban Revolution, Third World decolonization, and the African American freedom movement, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago became the first British West Indian colonies to gain independence. These were not only the first new nations in the western hemisphere in more than fifty years; they also won their independence without the bloodshed that marked so much of the decolonization struggle elsewhere. Jason Parker's international history of the peaceful transition in these islands analyzes the roles of the United States, Britain, the West Indies, and the transnational African diaspora in the process, from its 1930s stirrings to its Cold War culmination. Grounded in exhaustive research conducted in seven countries, Brother's Keeper offers an original rethinking of the relationship between the Cold War and Third World decolonization. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 325.309 |
| LCCN: 2007031905 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.05 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1962, amidst the Cuban Revolution, Third World decolonization, and the African American freedom movement, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago became the first British West Indian colonies to gain independence. These were not only the first new nations in the western hemisphere in more than fifty years; they also won their independence without the bloodshed that marked so much of the decolonization struggle elsewhere. Jason Parker's international history of the peaceful transition in these islands analyzes the roles of the United States, Britain, the West Indies, and the transnational African diaspora in the process, from its 1930s stirrings to its Cold War culmination. Grounded in exhaustive research conducted in seven countries, Brother's Keeper offers an original rethinking of the relationship between the Cold War and Third World decolonization. |