Clarke and Clarke have created a journal that provides an ethnographic record of the East Indians and Creoles of San Fernando - and the entire sugar belt south of the town known as Naparima. They record socio-political relations during the second year of Trinidad s independence (1964), and provide first-hand evidence for the workings of a complex, plural society in which race, religion, and politics had become, and have remained, deeply intertwined. Entries occur whenever there is evidence of social...

In this sequel to Kingston, Jamaica: Urban Development and Social Change, 1692 to 1962 (1975) Colin Clarke investigates the role of class, colour, race, and culture in the changing social stratification and spatial patterning of Kingston, Jamaica since independence in 1962. He also assesses the strains - created by the doubling of the population - on labour and housing markets, which are themselves important ingredients in urban social stratification. Special attention isalso given to colour, class,...

Presents a cross-sectional approach to the social and economic development of one of the most vibrant cities in the Caribbean. This new edition of Colin Clarke's groundbreaking book extends the examination and analysis of Kingston's social and economic development from the end of the colonial period, making it one of the few studies of any British Caribbean city for the entire colonial period and beyond.