Description: Edward Seaga and the Challenges of Modern Jamaica, Paperback by Bryan, Patrick E., ISBN 9766402507, ISBN-13 9789766402501, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This is the first scholarly biography of Edward Philip George Seaga, retired prime minister of Jamaica (1980–1989) and former leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (1974–2005). Patrick Bryan examines Seaga in light of the twentieth-century history of Jamaica, which experienced the challenges of race, colour, economic dependence, the transition from the British colonial period to independence in 1962, and the challenges of creating a Jamaican national state and separate cultural identity. Although the study focuses on Edward Seaga, the historical forces that shaped Jamaica’s history are central, in particular the way in which he confronted these forces. In placing Seaga in historical perspective, this work strikes a seasoned and balanced analysis of the man and is neither an apologia nor iconoclastic. Based on a variety of primary sources, government records, interviews and secondary sources, the author paints a compelling portrait of a complex man, a contradictory mixture of idealism and pragmatism, but, above all, a Jamaican nationalist who had a profound impact on Jamaican politics, tourism, culture and finance.
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Number of Pages: 480 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Edward Seaga and the Challenges of Modern Jamaica
Publisher: University of T.H.E. West Indies Press
Subject: Cultural Heritage, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Political, Caribbean & West Indies / General, Historical
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2011
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Patrick E. Bryan
Item Length: 9.8 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
