General History of the Caribbean UNESCO Volume 5: Volume V: The Caribbean in the Twentieth Century

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Volume 5 provides an account and interpretation of the historical development of the region from around 1930 to the end of the twentieth century. Its wide ranging study of the economic, political, religious, social and cultural history of this period brings the series to the authorial present. Highlights include the 'turbulent thirties;' decolonization; the 'turn to the left' made in the 1970s by anglophone Caribbean countries; the Castro Revolution; and changes in social and demographic structures, including ethnicity and race consciousness and the role and status of women. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxx Introduction (Bridget Brereton)....Pages 1-6 The economic development of the Caribbean from 1880 to 1930 (Roberto Cassá)....Pages 7-41 The Caribbean in the 1930s (Franklin W. Knight)....Pages 42-81 The Caribbean in the Second World War (Claus Füllberg-Stolberg)....Pages 82-140 Proletarian movements (1940–90) (Patrick Bryan)....Pages 141-173 Decolonization, populist movements and the formation of new nations, 1945–70 (James Millette)....Pages 174-223 African and Indian consciousness (Tony Martin)....Pages 224-281 The Cuban Revolution and its impact on the Caribbean (Marifeli Pérez-Stable)....Pages 282-311 Political processes in the Caribbean, 1970s to 2000 (Anthony P. Maingot)....Pages 312-345 The forces of regional co-operation, 1942–97 (Antonio Gaztambide-Géigel)....Pages 346-368 Caribbean international relations at the turn of the century (Anthony T. Bryan)....Pages 369-400 Demographic and social structural changes in the contemporary Caribbean (Fe Iglesias García)....Pages 401-433 The migration experience (Bonham C. Richardson)....Pages 434-464 The changing status of women in the contemporary Caribbean (Alice Colón, Rhoda Reddock)....Pages 465-505 The Caribbean family: Continuity and transformation (Raymond T. Smith)....Pages 506-536 Ideology, identity, culture (Rex Nettleford)....Pages 537-558 Religion, myths and beliefs: Their socio-political roles (Robert J. Stewart)....Pages 559-606 Education in the Caribbean, 1930–90 (Carl Campbell)....Pages 606-626 The quality of life in the twentieth-century Caribbean (Bonham C. Richardson, Joseph L. Scarpaci)....Pages 627-666 Back Matter ....Pages 667-758