Book ReviewsJAMAICA: THE SEARCH FOR AN IDENTITY By KATRIN NORRIS London, Oxford University Press for the Institute of Race Relations, 1962. 103 pp. 8s. 6d SAGE Publications, Inc.1963DOI: 10.1177/030639686300400214 David Lowenthal The prevailing image of Jamaica is of an island recently and dramatically transformed from misery and poverty to unity and comfort. Twenty-five years ago, torn by strike and strife, Jamaica had progressed little since the abolition of slavery a century earlier. Today Jamaica is often cited as a model of economic, social and political development, a dynamic and thriving, yet peaceful and harmonious multi-racial nation. The achievement of independence within the Commonwealth in 1962 seemed a logical culmination of these advances. Changes have indeed taken place. But the reality exposed by Katrin Norris in this lively and perceptive book is quite different from what she terms the official version. Taxes and royalties from bauxite-the largest source of government revenue-have swelled the exchequer without materially benefiting the mass of the people. Quarantined from the surrounding countryside, the lucrative tourist resorts of the north coast merely spotlight the gulf between the wealthy and the impoverished. The highly-touted industrial development programme has made available only 4,000 new jobs in the
Book Reviews : JAMAICA: THE SEARCH FOR AN IDENTITY By KATRIN NORRIS London, Oxford University Press for the Institute of Race Relations, 1962. 103 pp. 8s. 6d
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Book ReviewsJAMAICA: THE SEARCH FOR AN IDENTITY By KATRIN NORRIS London, Oxford University Press for the Institute of Race Relations, 1962. 103 pp. 8s. 6d SAGE Publications, Inc.1963DOI: 10.1177/030639686300400214 David Lowenthal The prevailing image of Jamaica is of an island recently and dramatically transformed from misery and poverty to unity and comfort. Twenty-five years ago, torn by strike and strife, Jamaica had progressed little since the abolition of slavery a century earlier. Today Jamaica is often cited as a model of economic, social and political development, a dynamic and thriving, yet peaceful and harmonious multi-racial nation. The achievement of independence within the Commonwealth in 1962 seemed a logical culmination of these advances. Changes have indeed taken place. But the reality exposed by Katrin Norris in this lively and perceptive book is quite different from what she terms the official version. Taxes and royalties from bauxite-the largest source of government revenue-have swelled the exchequer without materially benefiting the mass of the people. Quarantined from the surrounding countryside, the lucrative tourist resorts of the north coast merely spotlight the gulf between the wealthy and the impoverished. The highly-touted industrial development programme has made available only 4,000 new jobs in thePreview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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Book Reviews : JAMAICA: THE SEARCH FOR AN IDENTITY By KATRIN NORRIS London, Oxford University Press for the Institute of Race Relations, 1962. 103 pp. 8s. 6d
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