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Una Marson's work embodied anti-colonialism, anti-racism, feminism, class politics and pan-Africanism in the first half of the twentieth century. Her poetry and drama symbolically ushered in a new era in Jamaica's literary landscape. She did not frame her work around a single cause but was mindful of the multiple intersections of oppression.

Provides medical students and allied health professionals and practitioners with a framework for understanding and applying communication skills in the context of medical education and health education in health settings. This volume provides an integration of knowledge, attitude and behavioural learning outcomes, and of principles with practices.

Based on the results of a long-term, field-based research project that began in 2006, The Greening of Saint Lucia applies a novel research methodology for human-environment research to study the rural landscape of Saint Lucia alongside findings derived from natural and social science sources.

Presents the author's experiences within the field of arbitration in Jamaica, and is annotated with practical solutions not often found in textbooks on the subject alongside answers to frequently asked questions.

Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson's account of his time as an active and successful participant in the political and social development of Jamaica and the Caribbean, from the mid-1950s well into the early 2000s.

A lyrical yet unflinching examination of the ruinous intimacies sustained by and sustaining plantation slavery. Set around Jamaica's Christmas Rebellion and framed around three characters who are free themselves, but hedged in by the oppressive protocols of slavery, Free is a meditation on violence, memory, community, love and forgiveness.

Artistically, Beryl McBurnie's work influenced dancers throughout the Caribbean and beyond. She also devoted years to building the Little Carib Theatre. This book portrays the woman, explores the influences that shaped McBurnie and those whom she influenced in turn, and tells of her struggle to realize a vision she nurtured for decades.

Traces the path of national cuisine formation in the young post-colonial country of Belize. With captivating anecdotes and solid data, Lyra Spang describes the important role of tourism in driving culinary innovation in Belize and the powerful influence of cultural politics on the process of deciding whose food is considered Belizean.

Contends that postmodernism ought to be the guiding construct in considering leadership in education and management. Postmodernism challenges convention, embraces otherness and champions the diversification of authority. Educational leadership in a postmodern era must be informed by an approach of radical inclusivity and power sharing.

This biography of Marcus Garvey documents the forging of his remarkable vision of pan-Africanism and highlights his organizational skills in framing a response to the radical global popular upsurge following the First World War (1914-1918).

This succinct account of the life of Nobel laureate Derek Walcott focuses on his development as poet, playwright and man of the theatre: director, producer, teacher.

Situates the role Errol Barrow played in the transformation of Barbados in the wider Caribbean and international context. This study draws on archival records from Britain and Barbados, and interviews and other sources.

Provides a range of perspectives on the development of Jamaican popular music and culture, in particular reggae and dancehall, and opens the door to new debates on these music forms and their producers and creators. It moves through early musical debates and incendiary intellectual contributions in Jamaican reggae to trace Jamaican popular music in new geographical locales.

In this wide-ranging study, Stephen Stuempfle explores the transformation of the landscape (material environment) of Port of Spain from the cocoa boom era at the turn of the twentieth century through Trinidad and Tobago's independence from Britain in 1962.

Presents an overview and genealogy of Revivalism. Maria A. Smith explores the role of the Revival iconography in building a culture of shared understanding among Revivalists and, by extension, African Jamaicans. Smith makes the point that the iconography makes it possible for Revivalists to interpret events and rituals in much the same way across Jamaica.

Traditionally a navigating and migratory people, Portuguese settlers came to the Caribbean as early as the seventeenth century. Though few in number, the Portuguese contribution to their adopted homeland is of a significance beyond the small size of the community. The tale of the Madeirans in Trinidad and Tobago and Luso-Trinidadians and Tobagonians has gone untold. This is an attempt to tell their story.

Within small markets for television like Jamaica, where sustaining a show on air is affected by financial and other challenges, remaining on air for a long time becomes a key marker of a television programme's success. Still on Air documents the historical, production and broadcast experiences of some of Jamaica's long-running television shows.

Discusses alternative theoretical perspectives, sustainable growth-inducing economic policies, and special challenges in this era of neoliberal globalization. These perspectives, policies and challenges have to be seriously considered if appropriate interventions towards changing the Caribbean status quo and eliminating social and political ills are to be pursued.

This is Sir George Alleyne's autobiography. With his signature charm, Alleyne recounts his experiences from primary and secondary school in racially divided Barbados to gaining a Barbados Scholarship to study medicine at University College of the West Indies. Alleyne enjoyed a stellar academic career with prolific research output.

Provides an understanding of Caribbean firms and industries as they operate within the global value chain. This text explores the strategies adopted by selected firms and industries to attain competitiveness in the context of global markets, discusses the strategies of leading global firms, and analyses the local policy and institutional environment for business.

Presents a profile of aspects of the lexicon and of the morphosyntax of the speech of Jamaican three-year-olds across the island in their first year of entry into the public school system. It is intended to serve as a resource for creolists and acquisitionists, for academics in education, for teachers of literacy and language education, and for tertiary-level linguistics and education students.

Chronicles the development of the popular and contentious Indian radio media subsector in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago from global historical perspectives, and explores its implications for culture and national sentiment in the modern context. This work acknowledges the complex discourses surrounding ethnic and cultural identities in this diverse Caribbean nation.

A gifted young scholar clings desperately to part-time employment at a Caribbean university. Then, a post opens up on an unknown offshore campus in Portmore, Jamaica. Into this harsh yet delicate terrain ventures Candace Clarke, bent on taking root in an academic world. This tale of inner and outer landscapes marks a new departure in Caribbean fiction.

Examines five elections in Trinidad and Tobago over a ten-year period from 2000 to 2010 and, on the basis of this, works through some critical issues related to media and politics in the Caribbean. This is a pioneering study, with solid research and insightful analysis.

Explores the writer and his work with the intimacy of a friend and the perceptiveness of a scholar - essential reading for any student of Caribbean literature, and equally compelling for a general reader.

The inspiring stories from seventeen seasoned professionals along with the supporting pieces by the editors in this volume will resonate with current principals, and educators across the spectrum will appreciate the experiences shared in this volume. This collection is an ideal resource for the aspiring principal as it provides the framework for making the transition to a leadership role.

"The Man Who Ran Away" is a collection of twelve stories with an introduction and short glossary of Trinidadian Creole words and phrases.

Small, developing economies are particularly aware of the challenges of the increasing integration of markets for capital, labour, products and information, and thus keen to improve their competitiveness. Based on research from the Caribbean, this book explores the possibilities.

Offers a unique exploration of the quality assurance landscape in higher education in the Commonwealth Caribbean. It celebrates the "coming of age" of the quality assurance movement in the region by tracing the main currents of development in internal and external quality assurance.