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Labour and the Decolonization Struggle in Trinidad and Tobago

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies (CIPCSS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction: Labour in the Nineteenth Century

    • Jerome Teelucksingh
    Pages 1-11
  3. The Pioneers: Organized Labour, 1894–1920

    • Jerome Teelucksingh
    Pages 12-37
  4. Involvement of Labour in Politics, 1925–1938

    • Jerome Teelucksingh
    Pages 58-82
  5. Rise of the Trinidad Labour Party

    • Jerome Teelucksingh
    Pages 116-144
  6. Demands for Self-Government and Federation

    • Jerome Teelucksingh
    Pages 145-173
  7. Conclusion

    • Jerome Teelucksingh
    Pages 174-178
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 179-235

About this book

This book provides evidence that Labour in Trinidad and Tobago played a vital role in undermining British colonialism and advocating for federation and self-government. Furthermore, there is emphasis on the pioneering efforts of the Labour movement in party politics, social justice, and working class solidarity.

Reviews

“This book begins in the late nineteenth century and traces the organized labor movement in Trinidad and Tobago up until the postwar era and the origins of the shortlived British West Indian Federation. … Teelucksingh does raise promising questions and evidence that should create avenues for future analysis, documentation, and study. … this would be a place to develop broader arguments and connect his story to a longer historiography of labor mobilization and activism within the Caribbean.” (Jana Lipman, Labor Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas, Vol. 13 (3-4), 2016)

"Jerome Teelucksingh has written a wide-ranging and very important book. Through his careful and thorough analysis of the Trinidad Workingmen's Association (later the Trinidad Labour Party), he reveals the crucial role that this Organization played in the development of working-class political and trade union culture in both Trinidad and the Caribbean as a whole. His immensely readable study fills a big gap and will be essential for all those interested in colonial labour history."

Marcel van der Linden, International Institute of Social History, the Netherlands

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

    Jerome Teelucksingh

About the author

Jerome Teelucksingh is a Lecturer at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago. His academic publications include Caribbean-Flavoured Presbyterianism, Caribbean Liberators and Caribbean Empire.

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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