A History of Creole Trinidad, 1956-2010

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Abstract

1. The Creole Republic: Past and Present -- 2. Sources, Methods, Theory -- 3. Tobago: Creole Society's Doppelganger -- 4. Birth of a Creole Nation: 1783-1961 -- 5. The Independence Decade -- 6. 1970 – 1980: Black Power recedes, Indian Power surges -- 7. The 1980s – Money, Malaise, Modernity -- 8. Summing up the PNM Generation -- 9. A Decade of Revolution: 1986, 1990, 1995 -- 10. The Creole Century Closes – 1996-2000 -- 11. History Pauses: 2001-2002 -- 12. Rage, Revanchism, Revenge -- 13. Conclusion: The End of a Decade and an Era.