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000915111 1001_ $$aPatterson, Orlando,$$d1940-$$eauthor.
000915111 24514 $$aThe confounding island :$$bJamaica and the postcolonial predicament /$$cOrlando Patterson.
000915111 264_1 $$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$$bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press$$c2019.
000915111 264_4 $$c©2019
000915111 300__ $$a1 online resource (x, 409 pages) :$$billustrations.
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000915111 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia
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000915111 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000915111 5050_ $$aPart I. Explaining postcolonial failure: Why has Jamaica trailed Barbados on the path to sustained growth? -- The role of institutions, colonialism, and cultural appropriation -- Why Is democratic Jamaica so violent? -- Revisiting the "democratic peace" thesis -- Were female workers preferred in Jamaica's early economic development? -- Employment, urbanization, and gender among the postcolonial proletariat -- Part II. Three Cultural Puzzles: Why are Jamaicans the fastest runners in the world? -- The institutionalization of athletic prowess -- Why did postcolonial Jamaicans riot at a cricket match against Britain? -- The ritual of cricket in West Indian societies -- Why does globalization not produce cultural homogenization? -- The example of Jamaican reggae music -- Part III. The failures of policy and politicians: why do policies to help the urban poor so often fail? -- A Jamaican case study -- Sad about Manley -- Portrait of a flawed charisma.
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000915111 650_0 $$aPostcolonialism$$zJamaica.
000915111 650_0 $$aNationalism and sports$$zJamaica.
000915111 650_0 $$aReggae music$$zJamaica.
000915111 650_0 $$aUrban poor$$zJamaica.
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