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The Dead Yard: A Story of Modern Jamaica
by Ian Thomson
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0571227619
- ISBN 13
- 9780571227617
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Nation Books, New York, 2011. Softcover. Good Condition. Jamaica used to be the source of much of Britain's wealth, an island where slaves grew sugar and the money flowed out in vast quantities. It was a tropical paradise for the planters, a Babylonian exile for the Africans shipped to the Caribbean. Since independence in 1962, it has gradually become associated with a new kind of hell, a society where extreme violence has become ordinary and gangs control the areas where most Jamaicans live. Ian Thomson's brave new book explores a country of lost promise, a country that most older Jamaicans in Britain cannot recognise as their own.Once a beacon of optimistic third world politics, the island is now sunk in corruption, hopelessness and drug wars. Jamaica's music was once the lilting anthem of idealists everywhere; now it is a repetitive glorification of homophobia and violence. Thomson walks the streets and rides the buses that most middle class Jamaicans, let alone white visitors, avoid like the plague. He describes poverty, the reality of gang rule and police brutality. He meets Jamaicans who are trying to make a difference, and astonishingly complacent members of the elite.This is an unforgettable portrait of a country that has had a huge influence on British culture, for good and ill. Notations on rear blank endpaper. 370 pages. Previous owner name on inside cover . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Sociology; United States; Sociology & Culture; ISBN/EAN: 9780571227617. Inventory No: 255066. . 9780571227617
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- Title
- The Dead Yard: A Story of Modern Jamaica
- Author
- Ian Thomson
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0571227619
- ISBN 13
- 9780571227617
- Publisher
- Nation Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- BZDB43 Sociology; United States; Sociology & Culture; EAN: 9780571227617 Ian Thomson The Dead Yard: A Story of Modern Jamaica
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