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This text assesses the role the University of the West Indies has played since its inception in providing tertiary education to the peoples of the Caribbean, and evaluates the future of the institution as it enters the 21st century. It addresses issues such as tertiary education and technology.

A comprehensive study of elements of child law in the Commonwealth Caribbean. It covers legitimacy, status of children legislation, parental rights, maintenance, family provision and succession to property, custody, adoption and care and protection issues.

A study of policing and citizen-state relations in Jamaica. It examines the extent and sources of police ineffectiveness in controlling crime; assesses the quality of justice and declining public confidence in the criminal justice system; and analyzes police reform efforts.

This is a study of women and the law.

An analysis of the nature and trajectory of Jamaica's foreign relations from 1972 to 1989. It argues that the relative autonomy of Jamaica declined due to the evolution of an international regime, which in effect disallowed the political, social and economic experimentation originally envisioned.

A nature guide for both botanists and the more casual observer, identifying over 400 species of plant found in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. More than 50 percent of the plants described occur only in these mountains and nowhere else in the world. There are colour photographs and line drawings.

This collection of essays represents the first in-depth, scholarly treatment of housing policies and conditions throughout the Caribbean. The contributors consider both the performance of the state and the autonomous activities of the poor, making this volume an invaluable contribution to future planning and debate. The essays, each dealing with a specific island or group of islands, collectively address four main themes: the history of housing provision since colonization, current housing conditions, state policies toward housing provision, and the changing relationships between governments, international funding agencies, the private housing sector, and the peoples' responses. These investigations not only highlight the often alarming problems that Caribbean nations face in providing adequate housing for the poor but also implicate governments in past and present failures and poor performances. However, the essays are also filled with useful insights about the ways in which progressive housing policies can be formulated and implemented. For example, the volume suggests that the Caribbean's rich heritage of folk and vernacular architectural styles should be taken into serious account in future planning efforts. In a concluding synthesis chapter, the volume editors argue that a more progressive future is attainable if all parties exhibit the "political will" that the poor have already demonstrated.

CaribbeanLanguage Issues Old and New was conceived as a tribute to ProfessorMervyn Alleyne--who is widely acknowledged as a pioneer in thefield of Caribbean language-on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday.A wide variety of issues are dealt with: phonology, syntax, discourse, creole genesis, language problems in education, among others. Some authors re-visit topics on which Alleyne himself has written, building his insights in many cases, while others explore areas which had not been investigated previously.This work provides access to recent research by Caribbean scholars, and goes some way towards filling a gap, particularly in its usefulness to students of linguistics and teachers of English. At the same time, the uninitiated reader who decides to explore its pages will not be unrewarded, since the the style is simple and direct and the content, for the most part, not highly technical.

Written by two former students of perhaps one of the Caribbean's most famous educational institutions, book elucidates school's evolution and analyzes its contribution to the development of Barbadian society. Although scarcity of adequate documentation results in an uneven treatment of different periods, work examines roles of various headmasters and their administrations in the school's evolution. Additionally, work places Combermere, and the changes it underwent, within the larger framework of societal changes that Barbados experienced. Useful case study.-Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58

Tells the story of the Caribbean during nearly five centuries of warfare; of how West Indians consistently rallied to Britain's side in its many years of peril, volunteered for service in its armed forces. The book spotlights the deeds and hardships of West Indian soldiers long engaged in Africa and the Middle East.

First published in 1976, this work is a masterful analysis of the dynamics of slave labour in the economic growth of early-19th-century Jamaica.

Developments in the teaching and learning of social studies over the years point to a conceptual focus on the active study/investigation of significant social issues and concerns. This book is intended to project the teaching and learning of social studies as the development and acquisition of skills for the study of social issues or phenomena.

The global reach and influence of Caribbean musics are remarkable, given the size of the island territories, populations and economies that comprise the region. The chapters in the collection span the Caribbean and its diasporas, accenting both relation and diversity, to include writing on artists from Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and the United States.The

Observations on the Changes of the Air and the Concomitant Epidemical Diseases in the Island of Barbadoes was first published in 1759 in London. It is certainly the first comprehensive documentation of an epidemiological nature, in English, in the Caribbean, and justifies the title "first Caribbean epidemiologist" for Dr Hillary.

Discusses the concept of stress based on accumulated scientific evidence so that the physiology and biochemistry of the stress response cycle can be better understood. General theories of stress are reviewed and discussed within a framework emphasising physiology and biochemistry.

This creatively and persuasively designed atlas of Jamaica focuses on the four principal natural hazards of earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and landslides in order to increase government and public awareness of hazards in the context of the island's developmental and environmental problems.

An anthology of short stories from the Caribbean region that is unique in its trilingual nature; all of the stories appear in English, French and Spanish. The anthology includes stories from Guadeloupe (Gisele Pineau), Trinidad ( Shani Mootoo), Haiti (Yanick Lahens), Jamaica (Oliver Senior), Puerto Rico (Carmen Lugo Filippi ) and Cuba (Mirta Yanez).

Explores in detail the early Spanish attempts to colonize the area called Belize today and identifies many of the problems Spain encountered. Campbell persuasively posits that Belizean history can be pushed much further back from the traditional starting point of either the mid-seventeenth or early eighteenth century.

"This book is a companion volume to Neither Led nor Driven, published in 2004"--P. [4] of cover.

Addresses a range of issues in Caribbean linguistics. This volume interrogates the interpretations of the history of our Caribbean languages, the use of these languages for literary expression and their role in the democratization of education and the development of Caribbean people.

A comprehensive collection of resources for tertiary teachers and students of English - Spanish translation in the Caribbean region. This manual consists principally of Caribbean source texts in a variety of discourses, each accompanied by a translation and a commentary.

The definition and evolution of the categories of race and ethnicity have long been topics of debate among historians and scholars of social anthropology. This book examines how the meanings and values of race and ethnicity have been constructed historically and how they are represented symbolically, with particular focus on the Caribbean.

This work provides a detailed analysis of the phenomenon of return migration to the English-speaking Caribbean.

This book is intended as a student-friendly text that seeks not to turn students into ethics scholars but to provide them with a practical guide to ethical conduct in everyday medical practice.

Founded in 1948, the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies is located in Kingston, Jamaica. This publication investigates the historical ruins on the campus, which include the wooden barracks of Gibraltar Camp, which housed during World War II Jewish refugees, Gibraltarian evacuees, and interned Germans and Italians.

An examination of the cultural evolution of the Jamaican people after the explosive uprising at Morant Bay in 1865. For the first time, the specific methods used by British imperial legislators to inculcate order, control and identity in the local society are described and analysed.

This study examines the growing crime problem in Jamaica, and explores the relationship between crime, politics and the economy and analyses the impact of crime on tourism. The articles provide a comprehensive analysis of the causes, consequences and control of crime.

A contribution to the analysis of Caribbean politics, exploring the political culture of the Caribbean in order to understand the regional differences. The contributors examine the topic from their varied cultural experiences and seek to offer a new dimension to the study of political culture.