Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-127) and index. "Further reading" (pages 121-122).
Contents:
Introduction -- Landmarks -- Beginnings -- Early years in business -- The Numbers Man -- The growth of ICD -- Housing -- On the inside of political decision making, 1950-2010 -- Jamaica's Chairman of the Board: Bank of Nova Scotia and cable and wireless -- The end of an era -- The world of Mayer Matalon -- Postscript
Summary:
"This biography of Mayer Matalon traces his path from humble origins to innovator, public servant, political insider, and leader of his family's conglomerate. It is a story of race, class, and power in postcolonial Jamaica and of the island's political and economic trajectory over the sixty years before and after independence"-- Provided by publisher.
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