A Fragmented Caribbean Empire - Social, Political and Cultural Influences

In A Fragmented Caribbean Empire, Jerome Teelucksingh examines some of the personalities and organizations that are often overlooked in analysis of the Caribbean region and its diaspora, and in particular the Indo-Caribbean presence in literature, migration and politics. Most of the existing scholarship on the Caribbean has tended to overlook this and other ethnic, religious and cultural minorities. The author utilizes interviews and delves into diverse archival sources to create a paradigm of a region with a rich historical past and a promising future. Research on indentureship and migration to North America and Britain elucidates the strong transnational ties between the Caribbean and other regions of the world, and shows how the Caribbean can be conceptualised as a global 'empire'. Behind this lies the author's unwavering conviction that the Caribbean should be acknowledged as important and given its rightful place in global history.

List of contents

Preface - Introduction - The Burdens of Indentureship - Indians and Their Involvement in Trinidad's Party Politics - Scientist and Politician: Rudranath Capildeo - Caribbean History on the Global Stage - Global Scholarly Networks and the Caribbean University - Caribbean Migrants in Canada - An Awkward British Presence - Cultural Chauvinism - Conclusion.

About the author

Jerome Teelucksingh is a senior lecturer at The University of the West Indies, His publications include Rise and Fall of an Empire and Civil Rights in America and the Caribbean, 1950s¿2010s

Product details

• Authors: Jerome Teelucksingh, Teelucksingh Jerome
• Assisted by: Tamara Alvarez-Detrell (Editor), Michael G. Paulson (Editor), Alvarez-Detrell Tamara (Editor of the series), Paulson Michael G. (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2022
• EAN: 9781433189166
• ISBN: 978-1-4331-8916-6
• No. of pages: 142
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 13 mm x 225 mm
• Weight: 297 g
• Illustrations: 10 Abb.
• Series: Caribbean Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Migration, Religion, Empire, Politics, Culture, Global History, michael, Social, Identity, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, political, Jerome, Trinidad and Tobago, General & world history, Alvarez, Cultural, Tamara, Racism, Ethnicity, Philip, Paulson, Caribbean, General and world history, influences, Caribbean Studies, Dunshea, Detrell, Jerome Teelucksingh, Social, Political and Cultural Influences, Teelucksingh, Fragmented, A Fragmented Caribbean Empire