Ideology, regionalism, and society in Caribbean history / Shane J. Pantin, Jerome Teelucksingh, editors.
"This volume collects new angles and perspectives on issues shaping the development of the Caribbean. Bringing together essays on regional integration, identity, and culture and focusing on foundational personalities and institutions in the region, this book opens up new lines of inquiry on twe...
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements; Contents; Editors and Contributors; List of Figures; Chapter 1 Introduction ; Part I The Mechanics of Regionalism; Chapter 2 The Masses Speak: Popular Perspectives on the West Indian Federation ; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Promotion of the West Indies Federation: The Federal Information Service, 1957-1961 ; Radio; The Federal Letterbox; Film; Publications; Exhibitions and Lectures; Jamaica; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 4 Regional Integration and the Problems of Caribbean and National History ; Introduction; Context; Exploring the UNESCO Series.
- Challenges: Narratives and RevisionismChallenges: Diverging Historical Patterns; Challenges: Teaching and Popularizing History; Drivers of Integration; Bibliography; Part II Ideology and Governance; Chapter 5 'The Most Striking West Indian Creation Between the Wars': C.L.R. James, the International African Service Bureau and Militant Pan-Africanism in Imperial Britain ; C.L.R. James's Road to Pan-Africanism; C.L.R. James's Early Thoughts on African Civilization; For the 'African Revolution'; The International African Friends of Abyssinia; The International African Service Bureau.
- 'The Most Striking West Indian Creation Between the Wars'?Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 6 New Beginning Movement: Coordinating Council of Revolutionary Alternatives for Trinidad and the Caribbean ; Introduction; Anticipating Black Power in 1970: The Views of the Vanguard and Moko; Eric Williams as "Papa Doc"; From Caroni to Police Brutality; The Emergence of New Beginning Movement; Direct Democracy as Transitional Program; The East Indian and African Background to Popular Self-management; From Panchayat to Nguzo Saba; Hungary, Tanzania, and Cuba as Inspiration.
- From the Caltoo Farmers to the Carib Brewery WorkersInspiring and Participating in Workplace Councils and Popular Assemblies; From Black Power to Socialism: The Conflicting Tendencies in the Caribbean Revolution; "The Bad John" and NBM's Gender Politics; NBM's Balance Sheet; Caribbean Dialogue as International Correspondence; Return to the Vanguard as the New Guardian; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 7 Sir Rawson William Rawson: Governor of Barbados, 1869-1875 ; Early Career and Family; Social and Economic Issues; Federation, Political Reform and Governance Style; Conclusion; Bibliography.
- Chapter 8 Challenging a "Strategy of Imperialism": Chaguaramas and the Quest for American Security Bibliography; Chapter 9 More Than What We Eat: The Place of Food in Caribbean Development ; Introduction; Caribbean Food Identity; Food Security; A Legacy of Food Insecurity; Health; Globalized Tastes; The Role of the Media; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 10 Carnival Celebrations in Trinidad and Tobago and Abroad: Cultural Diplomacy in ActionPractice ; Introduction; Influence Abroad; Actors and Cultural Diplomacy; Space and Time; Wild, Wild West: Gender Stereotypes and Morality.