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Jamaica

Alleyne, Mervin C. Roots of Jamaican Culture. Pluto, 1988. Study of religion, music, dance, and language.

Bakan, Abigail B. Ideology and Class Conflict in Jamaica: The Politics of Rebellion. McGill-Queens University Press, 1990. An analysis of three significant events in Jamaican history: the 1831 slave rebellion, the Morant Bay uprising of 1865, and the labor riots of 1938.

Chevannes, Barry. Rastafari: Roots and Ideology. Syracuse University Press, 1994. An accessible historical overview of the origins of Rastafarianism in Jamaica.

Gray, Obika. Radicalism and Social Change in Jamaica, 1960-1972. University of Tennessee Press, 1991. A political history of Jamaica during its first decade of independence.

Levi, Darrell E. Michael Manley: The Making of a Leader. University of Georgia Press, 1990. A biography of the Jamaican prime minister.

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