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Author Altink, Henrice

Title Public Secrets : Race and Colour in Colonial and Independent Jamaica
Published Oxford : Liverpool University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (280 pages)
Series Postcolonialism across the disciplines ; 22
Contents Cover; Contents; Illustrations, Figures, Tables, and Maps; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Race at Work; 2. 'Equality of Opportunity for all Children'; 3. Race in Everyday Life; 4. Commitment to Colour-Blindness; 5. The Silence and Salience of Race; Bibliography; Index
Summary Through case studies on, amongst others, the labour market, education, the family and legal system, this book examines the salience and silence of race and colour in Jamaica in the decades preceding and following independence and its impact on individuals and society
Notes Print version record
Subject Race discrimination -- Jamaica -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- General.
Race discrimination
Race relations
SUBJECT Jamaica -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Subject Jamaica
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 178962407X
9781789624076