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    Freedom’s Children: The 1938 Labor Rebellion and the Birth of Modern Jamaica

    Colin A. Palmer

    Presents the first comprehensive history of Jamaica’s watershed 1938 labour rebellion and its aftermath. Colin Palmer argues that, a hundred years after the abolition of slavery, Jamaica’s disgruntled workers challenged…

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    Slaves of the White God

    Colin a Palmer

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    Cheddi Jagan and the Politics of Power: British Guiana’s Struggle for Independence

    Colin A. Palmer

    Colin Palmer, one of the foremost chroniclers of twentieth-century British and U.S. imperialism in the Caribbean, tells the story of British Guiana’s struggle for independence. At the centre of the…

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    Eric Williams and the Making of the Modern Caribbean

    Colin A. Palmer

    Born in Trinidad, Eric Williams (1911-81) founded the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago’s first modern political party in 1956, led the country to independence from the British culminating in 1962…

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    Inward Yearnings: Jamaica’s Journey to Nationhood

    Colin A. Palmer

    Inward Yearnings: Jamaica’s Journey to Nationhood is a pioneering case study of an Anglo-Caribbean island’s search for a racial selfhood, its nervous embrace of its African heritage and ultimately a…

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    The Legacy of Eric Williams: Caribbean Scholar and Statesman

    This is the first comprehensive historical assessment of the career of Eric Williams, the scholar and statesman. Born in Trinidad and Tobago in 1911, Eric Williams published his classic work…

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    First Passage, the Library

    Palmer

    The history of African Americans begins in Africa, a continent that was home to people with different languages, traditions, histories, and religions. They called themselves Twi, Yoruba, Zulu, Ashanti, and…

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    Encyclopedia of African- American Culture and History: The Black Experience in the Americas

    This second edition identifies and addresses broad themes critical to understanding the texture of the cultures, achievements, challenges, and promise of the 150 million people of African descent who live…

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    Inward Hunger: The Education of a Prime Minister

    Eric Williams

    When the author, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, was a lad, his country was a British Crown Colony, and its government offered one university scholarship a year to…

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    Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy

    Belle da Costa Greene

    The incredible story of the first director of the Morgan Library: a visionary Black woman who walked confidently in an early 20th-century man's world of wealth and privilege

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    The Modern Caribbean

    Franklin W. Knight

    This collection of thirteen original essays by experts in the field of Caribbean studies clarifies the diverse elements that have shaped the modern Caribbean. Through an interdisciplinary examination of the…

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    Ideology, Identity, and Assumptions

    A research, study, and teaching resource for professors and students of Black Studies. This work contains a critical-review essay for each theme, a selection of readings, and research questions. It…

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    The Black Condition

    Presents a research, study, and teaching resource for professors and students of black studies. This fourth volume contains research resources on the black experience.

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    That Reminds Me Of The Time Volume 3

    Colin Peabody, Paul Palmer

    The retirees of the Arizona Highway Patrol/ Department of Public Safety are back regaling us with their fantastic stories. As you have seen in book one and two these retirees…

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    Water: A Comprehensive Guide for Brewers

    John Palmer,Colin Kaminski

    The third Brewing Elements book, Water, takes the mystery out of the chemistry and treatment of brewing water. It leads brewers from an overview of water sources, to adjusting water…

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    The Education of Historians for the Twenty-First Century

    Thomas Bender,Philip Katz,Colin A. Palmer

    Offering an examination and analysis of histroy education in American colleges and univerities, this report explains why and offers recommendations for improving the state of graduate education. It includes recommendations…

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    George Washington: First in War

    Dave Richard Palmer

    George Washington’s long career began with defeat in the bloody frontier skirmishes of the French and Indian War and culminated in the role of commanding general of the Continental army…

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    Boats of South Asia

    Sean Mcgrail (Southampton University, UK),Lucy Blue,Eric Kentley,Colin Palmer

    Written in non-technical language, this title documents water transport in South Asia, and introduces styles of boat-building which are unlikely to be found outside the sub-Continent.

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    Boats of South Asia

    Sean Mcgrail (Southampton University, UK),Lucy Blue,Eric Kentley,Colin Palmer

    This book sets new standards for the documentation of water transport, and introduces styles of boat-building which are unlikely to be found outside the sub-Continent. A fascinating and accessible read.

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    That Reminds Me Of The Time Volume 2

    Colin Peabody,Arizona Highway Patrol Dps,Paul Palmer

    When the pandemic hit and everyone was quarantined at home, Paul Palmer contacted Colin Peabody, Chairman of the Coalition of DPS Retirees, and talked over having retirees submit stories about…

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    Thinking in the Dark: Cinema, Theory, Practice

    Introduces readers to twenty-one key theorists whose work has made a great impact on film scholarship today, including Rudolf Arnheim, Sergei Eisenstein, Michel Foucault, Siegfried Kracauer, and Judith Butler. Rather…

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    Thinking in the Dark: Cinema, Theory, Practice

    Introduces readers to twenty-one key theorists whose work has made a great impact on film scholarship today, including Rudolf Arnheim, Sergei Eisenstein, Michel Foucault, Siegfried Kracauer, and Judith Butler. Rather…

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    Ledger Narratives: The Plains Indian Drawings in the Mark Lansburgh Collection at Dartmouth College

    The largest known collection of ledger art ever acquired by one individual is Mark Lansburgh’s diverse assemblage of more than 140 drawings, now held by the Hood Museum of Art…

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    Corruption and Misuse of Public Office

    Colin Nicholls QC (Barrister, 3 Raymond Buildings),Timothy Daniel (Partner, Edwards Wildman Palmer UK LLP),Alan Bacarese (Special Counsel, Peters & Peters UK LLP),John Hatchard (Professor, The Open University, School of Law)

    This book provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the law relating to corruption and misuse of public office, including specialist issues such as whistleblowing. This new edition covers major…

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