Bøger af Selwyn R. Cudjoe

William Hardin Burnley (1780-1850) was the largest slave owner in Trinidad during the nineteenth century. In this first full-length biography of Burnley, Selwyn R. Cudjoe chronicles the life of Trinidad's "founding father" and sketches the social and cultural milieu in which he lived.

Traces the life of Albert Raymond Forbes Webber (1880-1932), a distinguished Caribbean scholar, statesman, legislator, and novelist. Using Webber as a lens, the book outlines the Guyanese struggle for justice and equality in an age of colonialism, imperialism, and indentureship.

This volume looks at the literary and intellectual development of the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It examines narratives by and about its people and how notions of savagery and civilization were used in the writings of the dominant class, while also tracing the rise of nationalism.