African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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312 p., Analyzes the conflicts between the British government and Caribbean nationalists over regional integration, the Cold War, immigration policy and financial aid in the decades before Jamaica, Trinidad and the other territories of the Anglophone Caribbean became independent.
Examines the colonial experiences of eight formerly British-controlled territories- Barbados, Jamaica, Botswana, Nigeria, Kenya, India, Burma, and Singapore -to identify how the processes and policies of the colonial enterprise affected their respective contemporary rule of law outcomes.
Moyne,Walter Edward Guinness, Baron (Author) and Benn,Denis (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2011
Published:
Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
The Report of West India Royal Commission. Presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Parliament by command of his Majesty, July 1945., 480 p., Exposed the horrendous living conditions in Britain's Caribbean colonies. Following the British West Indian labor unrest of 1934–1939, the Imperial Government sent a royal commission to investigate and report on the situation while also offering possible solutions.