Disenchantment in the Caribbean, 1958–63

Barbara Ingham and Paul Mosley
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Barbara Ingham: University of London
Paul Mosley: University of Sheffield

Chapter 7 in Sir Arthur Lewis, 2013, pp 171-211 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In 1960 at the University College of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica, Arthur Lewis, as Principal, addressed students on their Matriculation. In his Address, Lewis described himself, like most of his audience, as a ‘new’ student, but in his case one who had been away from the West Indies for 27 years. The theme of his Address was the question of West Indian ‘identity’: ‘What is a West Indian?’ he asked the students in his Address. ‘What are we trying to be? These are the speculations of a West Indian who has been away from these islands since before you were born, and who has only just returned. It is not I who will make the image of the new West Indian, but you.’1

Keywords: Unitary State; Colonial Policy; Close Union; Colonial Development; Nationalist Politician (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137366436_7

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