David Dabydeen Brinsley Samaroo (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 326 pages. 8.11x5.91x0.79 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Spine faded; edges lightly tanned.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. A Hansib/University of Warwick, Centre for Caribbean Studies publication in co-operation with the London Strategic Policy Unit. 326pp. Book.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. xi, 222 pages ; 22 cm. Contents: Notes on the Editors and Contributors - A Note on Nomenclature - Introduction by David Dabydeen and Brinsley Samaroo - PART 1: RACE RELATIONS: East Indian-Creole Relations in Trinidad and Guiana in the late Nineteenth-Century;Malcolm Cross - Race and Ethnic-Relations in Burnhamite Guyana;Ralph Premdas - Control, Resistance, Accommodation and Race Relations: Aspects of Indentureship Experience of East Indian Immigrants in Jamaica, 1845-1921;Verene A. Shepherd - PART II: RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL PRACTICES: Hindu Elements in the Shango/Orisha Cult of Trinidad;Noorkumar Mahabir and Ashram Maharaj - 'Official' and 'popular' Hinduism in the Caribbean: Historial and Contemporary Trends in Suriname, Trinidad and Guyana;Steven Vertovec - Authenticity and Authority in Surinamese Hindu Ritual;Peter van der Veer - PART III: BIOGRAPHY: Cheddi Jagan: The Writings of a Visionary Politican;Frank Birbalsingh - PART IV: Early History: Indian Government Policy Towards Indentured Labour Migration to the Sugar Colonies;Basdeo Mangru - The Repatriates;Marianne Soares Ramesar - Early African and East Indian Muslims in Trinidad and Tobago;Brinsley Samaroo - Select bibliography - Index "Useful collection of essays is derived primarily from 1988 conference on East Indians in the Caribbean. Contributors are not mainly ethnographers; however, their subject matter (race relations, religious and cultural practices, etc.), and their manner of dealing with it, are essentially anthropological. Includes 10 chapters dealing with Trinidad, Jamaica, Guyana, and Suriname".…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 327pp.

Leading Indian-Caribbean writers reflect on a broad spectrum of their shared history and culture, including the chapter 'Indo-Caribbean Test Cricketers' by Frank Birbalsingh. 8vo. 327pp. Paperback. Very good condition.