N.W. Manley and the making of modern Jamaica
By: Arnold Bertram
Publisher: Arawak Publications
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Kingston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9789769583573; 9789769583597
Subjects: Politicians; Biography; History; Politics and government; People's National Party (Jamaica)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-428) and index.
Table of contents: title: Roots; title: the origins, growth and decline of a coloured and black political class; title: Norman Manley : the early years; title: From rebel to Rhodes Scholar; title: The rise and demise of the first nationalist organizations; title: For king and empire; title: Edna; title: The ordeal of a coloured colonial in an imperial war; title: Oxford, marriage and the Bar; title: The national and colonial question in the Post-War world; title: My destiny awaits my return to Jamaica; title: The rise to leadership of the Jamaican Bar; title: Black nationalism / Ethiopianism stirs national and racial consciousness; title: Drumblair; title: Trade unionists, nationalists and Marxists shape the emerging national movement; title: "We're out to build a new Jamaica"; title: Nineteen thirty-eight; title: The birth of the People's National Party; title: Leading the struggle for a new constitution; title: The 1944 General Election; title: Fighting for survival; title: The PNP/TUC offensive; title: The 1949 General Election; title: Leading the Opposition; title: The crisis in the Party and the impact of the Cold War; title: The 1955 General Election; title: The making of modern Jamaica; title: The 1959 General Election; title: Tensions and challenges; title: The Federal debate; title: Negotiating Jamaica's independence; title: The 1962 General Election; title: Independence; title: Renewing the PNP in independent Jamaica; title: Once more to the beach; title: The last years.