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An introduction to the theory and practice of classical and modern econometric methods. It seeks to help the reader: understand the scope and limitations of econometrics; read, write and interpret articles and reports of an applied econometric nature; and to build upon the elements introduced.

Following the abolition of slavery in the Caribbean, a concerted effort was made to replace enslaved labour with indentured Indian labour. This is the story of one Indian woman's tragic experience in trying to immigrate to the Caribbean in the 19th century.

This comprehensive text is vital reading for managers, academics, consultants, and students involved in the growing tourism and hospitality sector in the Caribbean. In twenty-four articles, the book analyzes significant initiatives, trends and the challenges facing education and training institutions in the Caribbean. Chapters on sustainable tourism, environmental management and national resource development cover a wide variety of critical topics facing the industry. Case studies from The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands provide a diverse perspective for academics, policymakers and the regional tourism sector.

A multidisciplinary study that analyzes and identifies some of the main lineaments of the Central African cultural legacy in the Caribbean. The work is based on primary and secondary sources, oral interviews, letters and diaries, folktales, proverbs, songs, and transatlantic comparative data.

In 1987 St Vincent's Prime Minister called for a merging of the Eastern Caribbean countries into one state. Through interviews and analyses of primary documents, this work examines the jealousies and conflicting economic priorities which ultimately destroyed the movement for political unification.

This novel, published in 1838, chronicles the adventures of Warner Arundell, a white Creole of British descent, born in Grenada and brought up in Antigua and Trinidad. He studies law in Venezuela and medicine in England, then goes to seek his fortune. The novel is annotated and contextualized.

This collection of 18 essays emphasises the relevance of history to everyday life and the development of a national identity, culture and economy. The essays are organized in three sections: historiography and sources; society, culture and heritage; and economy, labour and politics.

A critical appreciation of the work of Derek Walcott's Caribbean phase (1946-81). It examines Walcott's use of metaphor, by which he focuses on the juxtaposition of his concern with a regional history of negation and his immersion in the Western literary and cultural tradition of the colonizer.

A layman's guide to commercial arbitration in the Caribbean. The author draws together the various practical and, to a lesser extent, legal aspects of the regional laws, procedures and rules of arbitration and its offshoots: adjudication, mediation and conciliation.

This collection of papers in honour of Professor Robert Le Page addresses various topics in the field of English and Creole linguistics in the Caribbean. It includes sections on language in education, speakers' behaviours in informal discourse and language structure.

A sophisticated comparative study of the Cuban, Nicaraguan and Grenadian revolutions, using techniques derived from J. S. Mill and perfected by Theda S. Skopol. Despite the unfulfilled promise of all three revolutions, they do suggest that people have the potential to make history and affect positive changes.

The birth of the Caribbean Geological Conference in 1955 was a landmark in the search for geoscientific knowledge in the region. The proceedings of this conference continue to uncover many aspects of the Caribbean that remain virtually untouched and address questions that remain unanswered. This volume reports the most recent research on Caribbean geology, presented at the Fifteenth Caribbean Geological Conference held in 1998. The 24 research papers shed new light in the areas of plate tectonics, structural geology, metamorphic and igneous petrology, paleontology, biostratigraphy, economic geology, geochemistry, mineralogy, geologic hazards and geoscience education.

Characterized by fast-paced, highly danceable rhythms, chutney is a fusion of traditional and contemporary Indian and Caribbean influences. In this volume Tina K. Ramnarine explores the evolution of chutney and introduces the emerging Indian-Caribbean genre into the area of scholarly discourse.

Based on actual experiences from the perspectives of both students and teachers, this collection of ethnographic research articles provides a close-up view of Jamaican schools and classrooms.

This text assesses the role the University of the West Indies has played since its inception in providing tertiary education to the peoples of the Caribbean, and evaluates the future of the institution as it enters the 21st century. It addresses issues such as tertiary education and technology.

A study of policing and citizen-state relations in Jamaica. It examines the extent and sources of police ineffectiveness in controlling crime; assesses the quality of justice and declining public confidence in the criminal justice system; and analyzes police reform efforts.

This is a study of women and the law.

First published in 1976, this work is a masterful analysis of the dynamics of slave labour in the economic growth of early-19th-century Jamaica.

The global reach and influence of Caribbean musics are remarkable, given the size of the island territories, populations and economies that comprise the region. The chapters in the collection span the Caribbean and its diasporas, accenting both relation and diversity, to include writing on artists from Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and the United States.The

Observations on the Changes of the Air and the Concomitant Epidemical Diseases in the Island of Barbadoes was first published in 1759 in London. It is certainly the first comprehensive documentation of an epidemiological nature, in English, in the Caribbean, and justifies the title "first Caribbean epidemiologist" for Dr Hillary.

Discusses the concept of stress based on accumulated scientific evidence so that the physiology and biochemistry of the stress response cycle can be better understood. General theories of stress are reviewed and discussed within a framework emphasising physiology and biochemistry.

An anthology of short stories from the Caribbean region that is unique in its trilingual nature; all of the stories appear in English, French and Spanish. The anthology includes stories from Guadeloupe (Gisele Pineau), Trinidad ( Shani Mootoo), Haiti (Yanick Lahens), Jamaica (Oliver Senior), Puerto Rico (Carmen Lugo Filippi ) and Cuba (Mirta Yanez).

Explores in detail the early Spanish attempts to colonize the area called Belize today and identifies many of the problems Spain encountered. Campbell persuasively posits that Belizean history can be pushed much further back from the traditional starting point of either the mid-seventeenth or early eighteenth century.

"This book is a companion volume to Neither Led nor Driven, published in 2004"--P. [4] of cover.

A comprehensive collection of resources for tertiary teachers and students of English - Spanish translation in the Caribbean region. This manual consists principally of Caribbean source texts in a variety of discourses, each accompanied by a translation and a commentary.

The definition and evolution of the categories of race and ethnicity have long been topics of debate among historians and scholars of social anthropology. This book examines how the meanings and values of race and ethnicity have been constructed historically and how they are represented symbolically, with particular focus on the Caribbean.

This book is intended as a student-friendly text that seeks not to turn students into ethics scholars but to provide them with a practical guide to ethical conduct in everyday medical practice.

An examination of the cultural evolution of the Jamaican people after the explosive uprising at Morant Bay in 1865. For the first time, the specific methods used by British imperial legislators to inculcate order, control and identity in the local society are described and analysed.