The Confounding Island: Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament - Orlando Patterson - Books - Harvard University Press - 9780674988057 - November 12, 2019
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The Confounding Island: Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament

Orlando Patterson

The Confounding Island: Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament

Orlando Patterson returns to Jamaica, his birthplace, to reckon with its history and culture. Locals claim to be some of the world’s happiest people, and their successes in music and athletics are legendary. Yet the country remains violent and poor. In Jamaica the dilemmas of globalization and postcolonial politics are thrown into stark relief.


432 pages, 14 illus., 8 tables

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released November 12, 2019
ISBN13 9780674988057
Publishers Harvard University Press
Pages 432
Dimensions 146 × 213 × 34 mm   ·   606 g
Language English  

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