Scarecrow Press, 1997. — 670 p. The small Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago have been treated as a single political entity for less than one hundred years. A union of two separate colonies started by Great Britain and Spain, each island has a substantially different ethnic makeup reflecting distinct lines of development. Tobago was first claimed by the English in the 16th...
Sidestone Press, 2016. — 210 p. This study relates the vicissitudes of the Amerindian peoples who lived or still inhabit the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, from the earliest occupants, ca. 8000 BC, until at present. Using archaeological, ethnohistorical and linguistic data, it discusses the social, political, economic, and religious development of indigenous society through the...
Cambridge University Press: 1980. — 261 p. — ISBN: 9780521224284, 9780511529061, 0521523133, 0521224284, 0511529066, 9780521523134. In this study of the development of a colonial Caribbean territory in the late nineteenth century the diverse peoples of Trinidad - Europeans, white Creoles of French, Spanish and English descent, Africans, Creole blacks, Venezuelans, Chinese and...
Cambridge University Press: 1980. — 261 p. — ISBN: 9780521224284, 9780511529061, 0521523133, 0521224284, 0511529066, 9780521523134. In this study of the development of a colonial Caribbean territory in the late nineteenth century the diverse peoples of Trinidad - Europeans, white Creoles of French, Spanish and English descent, Africans, Creole blacks, Venezuelans, Chinese and...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. — 269 p. — (Studies of the Americas). — ISBN: 0230622003, 9780230622005. Clarke and Clarke have created a journal that provides an ethnographic record of the East Indians and Creoles of San Fernando--and the entire sugar belt south of the town known as Naparima. They record socio-political relations during the second year of Trinidad's independence...
I.B. Tauris, 2021. — 177 p. The Caribbean does not immediately come to mind when we think about ISIS – and yet, in 2017, Trinidad and Tobago ranked first place in the list of western countries with the highest rates of foreign-fighter radicalization, with over 240 nationals travelling to Syria and Iraq to join ISIS’ caliphate. Simon Cottee investigates how ISIS came to gain...
University of Massachusetts Press, 2018. — 376 p. — ISBN: 1625343701, 9781625343703. William Hardin Burnley (1780-1850) was the largest slave owner in Trinidad during the nineteenth century. Born in the United States to English parents, he settled on the island in 1802 and became one of its most influential citizens and a prominent agent of the British Empire. A central figure...
Kairi Publishing Hose, 2020. — 191 p. This second book continues the saga of the development of radio during the British colonial era in Trinidad. The book covers the period of the Second World War, 1939-1945, and looks at the rivalry between the British and American radio stations for control of the hearts and minds of the local residents in the Trinidad colony.
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. — 316 p. — ISBN: 9780812218251; 0812218256. The multivocalic rite known as Hosay in the Caribbean developed out of earlier practices originating in Iraq and Iran which diffused to Trinidad by way of South Asian indentured laborers brought to the Caribbean by the British from the mid-1800s to the early decades of the twentieth century. The...
Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2002. — 341 p. — (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague). — ISBN: 978-1-349-42745-1, 978-1-4039-1416-3, 0-333-96278-8. Crossing the Black Water: From India to Trinidad, 1845–1917. Gender in the Definition of Indian Identity in Trinidad. Gender Dynamics in the Making of Community. The Reconfiguration of Masculinity and Femininity: Negotiating with Myth...
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2007. — 289 p. — ISBN: 0807868116, 9780807868119. In a compelling story of the installation and operation of U.S. bases in the Caribbean colony of Trinidad during World War II, Harvey Neptune examines how the people of this British island contended with the colossal force of American empire-building at a critical time in the...
Zed Books, 1994. — 182 p. — ISBN: 1-85649-153-6. Ranging from the time of slavery and indentureship, to national independence in 1962 and the present day, this book shows how gender inequalities have been perpetuated for the benefit of exploitative systems from slavery to the present day. The book explores women's roles and activities. This lively history of women in the...
Press University of the West Indies, 1999. — 290 p. Calypso, a traditional form of music in the Caribbean, began in Trinidad and Tobago as a subtle protest against British rule. Influenced by African and native Caribbean rhythms, the calypso (along with Jamaican reggae) defines the music of the region. Louis Regis examines the evolution of the political calypso from 1962 to...
Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. — 249 p. — (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series). — ISBN: 978-1-349-49901-4, 978-1-137-46233-6. Introduction: Labour in the Nineteenth Century. The Pioneers: Organized Labour, 1894–1920. Early Years: The Trinidad Workingmen’s Association. Involvement of Labour in Politics, 1925–1938. Labour’s Voices in the Legislative Council,...
Frederick A. Praeger, 1962. — 313 p. Dr. Eric Williams was Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1961 until his death in 1981. He built his reputation as a historian as Professor of Political and Social Science at Howard University, before turning to active politics, founding the People's National Movement (PNM) and leading Trinidad and Tobago to independence in 1962.
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