The Dead Yard
- Synopsis
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This is a journalistic travelogue that paints a societal portrait of modern Jamaica as riven by deep-seated corruption and violence. The author meets with and reports on the views of a swathe of Jamaicans, including many elites, as they reflect on Jamaican history and politics, relations with the US and Britain (Jamaica's former colonial master), race relations, gang and police violence, poverty, and other issues. As the author admits, nostalgia for British imperialism runs throughout the pages, although he himself says that Jamaican independence was both right and necessary. This is a paperbound reprint of a work first published in 2009 Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
- Copyright:
- 2009
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781568586663
- Related ISBNs:
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9781568586663
- Publisher:
- Perseus
- Date of Addition:
- 02/19/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Ian Thomson
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
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Nonfiction,
Social Studies
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- Bookshare Staff
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