Mars, Perry, and Alma H. Young, eds. Caribbean Labor and Politics: Legacies of Cheddi Jagan and Michael Manley.(Book Review)
Perspectives on Political Science, March, 2005 by Dew, Edward
Mars, Perry, and Alma H. Young, eds. Caribbean Labor and Politics: Legacies of Cheddi Jagan and Michael Manley Detroit: Wayne State University Press 304 pp., $25.95, ISBN: 0-8143-3211-0 Publication Date: June 2004
Marking the deaths of former prime ministers Michael Manley (Jamaica) and Cheddi Jagan (Guyana), both of which occurred on March 6, 1997, a group of leading Caribbean social scientists met at Wayne State University in Detroit in April 1998 to consider the contributions of each man to Caribbean politics and development. By bringing the fourteen participants together, the editors--Perry Mars and the late Alma Young--were able to provide a rich and multifaceted portrayal not only of the two former leaders but also of the times in which they won their...
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