Eric Williams and the Anticolonial Tradition The Making of a Diasporan Intellectual |
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| Author:
| St. Pierre, Maurice |
| Series title: | New World Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3673-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.50 |
Book Description:
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A leader in the social movement that achieved Trinidad and Tobago's independence from Britain in 1962, Eric Williams (1911-1981) served as its first prime minister. Although much has been written about Williams as a historian and a politician, Maurice St. Pierre is the first to offer a full-length treatment of him as an intellectual.
A leader in the social movement that achieved Trinidad and Tobago's independence from Britain in 1962, Eric Williams (1911-1981) served as its first prime minister. Although much has been written about Williams as a historian and a politician, Maurice St. Pierre is the first to offer a full-length treatment of him as an intellectual.