Description: Freedom's Children: The 1938 Labor Rebellion and the Birth of Modern Jamaica
Brief description:
Colin A. Palmer was a leading historian of the Caribbean and the African diaspora. Freedom's Children joins Palmer's Eric Williams and the Making of the Modern Caribbean and Cheddi Jagan and the Politics of Power in chronicling the history of the Caribbean in the wake of British and U.S. imperialism.
Review Quotes:
"Freedom's Children is carefully organized, the research thorough, and the analysis insightful, remarkably fair-minded, and persuasive. Despite the richness and complexity of the story, Palmer manages to tell it in a beautiful, engaging, and flowing narrative style from beginning to end. It is an outstanding achievement, a heroic labor of love, and a fitting monument to the struggles of the Jamaican people." -- Winston James, University of California, Irvine