Description
Book SynopsisLabour and The Multiracial Project in the Caribbean covers major twentieth-century political developments in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana. It pays particular attention to social movements, class formation, and new emancipatory ideas on liberation from colonial legacies in political structure and racial division.
Trade ReviewAbraham draws readers into a mind-set away from a focus on just the race or ethnicity of the participants in Trinidadian and Guyanese life, and toward their social placement as well. Recommended. * CHOICE *
Labour and the Multiracial Project is an ambitious and novel approach to the issues that have plagued the political, social, and cultural development of Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana throughout most of their modern histories. * New West Indian Guide *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: Types of Multiracialism Chapter 2 Plantations, Widespread Labour Rebellions and Popular Multiracialism Chapter 3 Nationalist Multiracial Unity, Its Breakup, and the Rise of the Party System Chapter 4 "It was Going So Good": Solidaristic Multiracial Unity in the 60s, 70s, & 80s Chapter 5 The 1986 National Alliance or Strategic Multiracialism Chapter 6 Tales from the Streets and Fields Chapter 7 Concluding Reflections, Ongoing Struggles
