On 19 October 1983, the Caribbean island of Grenada captured international headlines when revolutionary Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and many of his colleagues were killed, in a confrontation resulting in American intervention. This text examines past turmoil in Grenada by focusing on six episodes in the island's history, including: the European destruction of the first Amerindian inhabitants; the rebellion against the rule of the French and then the British colonialists; the disgrace of Gairy; and the demise of Maurice Bishop and the PRG. The book shows how the socio-economic and political background to each conflict holds the key to its resolution and asks whether Grenadians can now become masters of their own destiny, rather than subject to external agencies and groups.
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Grenada was first settled by the Arawaks, an Amerindian tribe which originated around the Amazon basin and then migrated to the coast of Northern South America, from where they proceeded to settle and populate various islands of the Caribbean. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
free coloureds, free labour, immigration agent, reference board, intending teachers, arbitration tribunal, grand roy, agricultural association, labour commissioner, constitutional order, unspoiled votes, nutmeg industry, nutmeg producers, combined parishes, bargaining body, metayage system, jewel movement, police aides, metayer system, new mercantilism, parochial boards, cocoa estates, cocoa cultivation, estate labour, estate hospital Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Island of Conflict, Legislative Council, Roman Catholic, Crown Colony, West Indian, People's Revolutionary Government, Church of England, Central Committee, West Indies, Secretary of State, Blue Book, The Gairy Government, The Commission, Colonial Office, Maurice Bishop, New Jewel Movement, Executive Council, Pilot Hill, Laws of Grenada, Grammar School, Colony Hospital, Grenada Handbook, Hospital Hill, Labour Officer, Minister of Finance Browse Sample Pages:
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Grenada was first settled by the Arawaks, an Amerindian tribe which originated around the Amazon basin and then migrated to the coast of Northern South America, from where they proceeded to settle and populate various islands of the Caribbean. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
free coloureds, free labour, immigration agent, reference board, intending teachers, arbitration tribunal, grand roy, agricultural association, labour commissioner, constitutional order, unspoiled votes, nutmeg industry, nutmeg producers, combined parishes, bargaining body, metayage system, jewel movement, police aides, metayer system, new mercantilism, parochial boards, cocoa estates, cocoa cultivation, estate labour, estate hospital Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Island of Conflict, Legislative Council, Roman Catholic, Crown Colony, West Indian, People's Revolutionary Government, Church of England, Central Committee, West Indies, Secretary of State, Blue Book, The Gairy Government, The Commission, Colonial Office, Maurice Bishop, New Jewel Movement, Executive Council, Pilot Hill, Laws of Grenada, Grammar School, Colony Hospital, Grenada Handbook, Hospital Hill, Labour Officer, Minister of Finance Browse Sample Pages:
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- Seasoned by Salt: A Voyage in Search of the Caribbean by Jerry L. Mashaw on page 166, and Back Matter
- The Caribbean: The Genesis of a Fragmented Nationalism (Latin American Histories Series) by Franklin W. Knight in Back Matter
- Tracing Your West Indian Ancestors (Public Record Office Readers' Guide, No. 11) (Readers Guides) by Guy Grannum on page 141
- Modern Caribbean Politics by Anthony Payne in Back Matter
- Strategy and Security in the Caribbean by Ivelaw L. Griffith on page 75
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