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This book is intended to meet the requirements of three G.C.E 'O' level syllabuses in West Indian history.
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This volume covers the "third rising" of West Indies cricket. As the sport becomes ever more commercialized, large amounts of money have established sponsorship & support systems to give cricketers around the world every possible advantage. Beckles assesses what impact the globalization of cricket has had on the cricketers of the Caribbean. He also describes the emergence of what he argues is a debilitating sub-nationalism in the West Indies, & the effect this has had on the game, & the prospect for integrating West Indian nationhood in the twenty-first century.
"The first edition of 'A Short History of the West Indies' dealt with events in the Caribbean up to 1956. The second edition described the events that took place in the countries of the archipelago between that year and 1962 ... The Third edition treats of events in the Caribbean between 1962 and 1970 ..."--Authors' note, p. ix.
1876-1891 include reports on the internal commerce of the United States, referred to in letters of transmittal as "the volume on commerce and navigation."