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Independence, Colonial Relics, and Monuments in the Caribbean is a collection of critical perspectives on independence and the legacies of colonialism in the post-colonial Caribbean. The contributors examine themes relating to culture, identity, gender, nationhood, heritage and historic preservation in the post-independent Caribbean. In a twenty-first century context where calls for reparatory justice for the people of the Caribbean who have been disadvantaged by the effects of colonialism have intensified, this book is quite relevant as some chapters examine colonialism through relics, laws, statues and monuments, while other chapters explore the implications of African enslavement, the role of Indian indentureship, the Federation of the West Indies and the effect of the American based Black Lives Movement on the Caribbean.

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Independence, Colonial Relics and Monuments in the Caribbeanhas utilized an interesting approach which serves to bring innovation to examining the historical realities in the Caribbean as they relate to a reexamination of the traditional, generally accepted perspectives and ideologies on identity, culture, nationhood, freedom, identity, gender, nationalism, colonization, and independence. This book is a must-read for academics around the region, and members of the general public who have interest in the path from colonization to present; and the discourse highlighted is an easy read and will allow for introspection, re-conceptualization and the emergence of novel perspectives on the wide range of issues discussed. --Marlon Anatol, The Anatol Institute of Research and Social Sciences

Independence, Colonial Relics and Monuments in the Caribbeanhas utilized an interesting approach which serves to bring innovation to examining the historical realities in the Caribbean as they relate to a reexamination of the traditional, generally accepted perspectives and ideologies on identity, culture, nationhood, freedom, identity, gender, nationalism, colonization, and independence. This book is a must-read for academics around the region, and members of the general public who have interest in the path from colonization to present; and the discourse highlighted is an easy read and will allow for introspection, re-conceptualization and the emergence of novel perspectives on the wide range of issues discussed. --Marlon Anatol, The Anatol Institute of Research and Social Sciences Independence, Colonial Relics and Monuments in the Caribbeanhas utilized an interesting approach which serves to bring innovation to examining the historical realities in the Caribbean as they relate to a reexamination of the traditional, generally accepted perspectives and ideologies on identity, culture, nationhood, freedom, identity, gender, nationalism, colonization, and independence. This book is a must-read for academics around the region, and members of the general public who have interest in the path from colonization to present; and the discourse highlighted is an easy read and will allow for introspection, re-conceptualization and the emergence of novel perspectives on the wide range of issues discussed.

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Allison O. Ramsay is lecturer of cultural and heritage studies in the Department of History at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. Jerome Teelucksingh is senior lecturer in the Department of History at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus.

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