Nationalists abroad : the Jamaica Progressive League and the foundations of Jamaican independence /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Timm, Birte (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Kingston : Ian Randle Publishers, [2016]
Subjects:	Jamaica Progressive League > History. Jamaica > History > To 1962. Jamaica > Politics and government > To 1962. Jamaica > History > Autonomy and independence movements. Decolonization > Jamaica > History > 20th century. Jamaica Progressive League. Autonomy and independence movements. Decolonization. Politics and government. Jamaica. To 1999 History.

Table of Contents:

Origins of the movement for self-government. Nationalism in Jamaica before 1936
Origins of the Jamaica Progressive Leave
History and influence of the Jamaica Progressive League. Founding and first reactions
Stretching out: A local branch in Kingston
Implementing demands for self-government
Alternative strategies for self-government during the second world war
Reassuming the struggle for independence in Jamaica
Opposing the West Indies Federation.