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The confounding island : Jamaica and the postcolonial predicament

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Data Type : eBook
ISBN : 0674243064 
ISBN : 9780674243064 
ISBN : 9780674243071 
ISBN : 0674243072 
ISBN :
ISBN :
Etc. identifier : 10.4159/9780674243064  doi 
Personal Author : Patterson, Orlando, 1940-, author.
Title/Author : The confounding island:  Jamaica and the postcolonial predicament  Orlando Patterson. 
Imprint : Cambridge, Massachusetts:  The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,  2019. 
Format : 1 online resource:  illustrations. 
Note : Includes bibliographical references and index 
Content Note : Part I. Explaining postcolonial failure: Why has Jamaica trailed Barbados on the path to sustained growth? -- The role of institutions, colonialism, and cultural appropriation -- Why Is democratic Jamaica so violent? -- Revisiting the "democratic peace" thesis -- Were female workers preferred in Jamaica's early economic development? -- Employment, urbanization, and gender among the postcolonial proletariat -- Part II. Three Cultural Puzzles: Why are Jamaicans the fastest runners in the world? -- The institutionalization of athletic prowess -- Why did postcolonial Jamaicans riot at a cricket match against Britain? -- The ritual of cricket in West Indian societies -- Why does globalization not produce cultural homogenization? -- The example of Jamaican reggae music -- Part III. The failures of policy and politicians: why do policies to help the urban poor so often fail? -- A Jamaican case study -- Sad about Manley -- Portrait of a flawed charisma 
요약 : "Orlando Patterson returns to Jamaica, his birthplace, to reckon with its history and culture. Locals claim to be some of the world's happiest people, and their successes in music and athletics are legendary. Yet the country remains violent and poor. In Jamaica the dilemmas of globalization and postcolonial politics are thrown into stark relief"--  Provided by publisher 
General Subject Name : Postcolonialism --  Jamaica. -- 
General Subject Name : Nationalism and sports --  Jamaica. -- 
General Subject Name : Reggae music --  Jamaica. -- 
General Subject Name : Urban poor --  Jamaica. -- 
General Subject Name : POLITICAL SCIENCE --  World --  Caribbean & Latin American -- 
General Subject Name : Economic history -- 
General Subject Name : Nationalism and sports -- 
General Subject Name : Postcolonialism -- 
General Subject Name : Reggae music -- 
General Subject Name : Social conditions -- 
General Subject Name : Urban poor -- 
General Subject Name : POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American -- 
Subject(Place) : Jamaica Social conditions.
Subject(Place) : Jamaica Economic conditions.
Subject(Place) : Jamaica fast
기타형태 저록 : Print version: Patterson, Orlando, 1940- Confounding island. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2019, 9780674988057
Language English
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