Freedom's children : the 1938 labor rebellion and the birth of modern Jamaica / Colin A. Palmer.

Freedom's children : the 1938 labor rebellion and the birth of modern Jamaica /

This is a comprehensive history of Jamaica's watershed 1938 labor rebellion and its aftermath. The author argues that, a hundred years after the abolition of slavery, Jamaica's disgruntled workers challenged the oppressive status quo and forced a morally ossified British colonial society t...

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Main Author: Palmer, Colin A., 1944-2019
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Labor > Jamaica > History > 20th century.
Labor unions > Political activity > Jamaica > History > 20th century.
Jamaica > Politics and government > To 1962.
Jamaica > History > To 1962.
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