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Author:

Teelucksingh, Jerome, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009122136

Title:

Labour and the decolonization struggle in Trinidad and Tobago / Jerome Teelucksingh.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xiii, 235 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Labor movement--Trinidad and Tobago--History.
Labor policy--Trinidad and Tobago--History.
Labor unions--Trinidad and Tobago--History.
Decolonization--Trinidad and Tobago--History.
Working class--History.--Trinidad and Tobago--History.
Trinidad and Tobago--Social conditions.
Trinidad and Tobago--Economic conditions.
Trinidad and Tobago--Politics and government.
Trinidad en Tobago.
Tobago.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Glossary -- Introduction: Labour in the nineteenth century -- The pioneers : organised labour, 1894-1920 -- Early years : the Trinidad Workingmen's Association -- Involvement of labour in politics, 1925-1938 -- Labour's voices in the Legislative Council, 1925-1938 -- Rise of the Trinidad Labour Party -- Demands for self-government and federation -- Conclusion -- Appendices.

Series:

Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies

ISBN:

1137462329
9781137462329

OCLC:

(OCoLC)898092638

LCCN:

2014028145

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)