Fueling Development: How Black Radical Trade Unionism Transformed Trinidad and Tobago
Author:   Zophia Edwards
Publisher:   Duke University Press
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Pages:   336
Publication Date:   16 September 2025
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Fueling Development: How Black Radical Trade Unionism Transformed Trinidad and Tobago


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Author:   Zophia Edwards
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Weight:   0.445kg
ISBN:  

9781478032458


ISBN 10:   1478032456
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   16 September 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. Proletarianization, Race Making, and Capital Accumulation, 1498–1914 19 2. The 1919 Uprising and the Emergence of Liberation Unionism 45 3. The 1937 General Strike and the Deepening of Liberation Unionism 85 4. Decolonization and Fortuitous Failures 113 5. Postindependence Resurgence of Liberation Unionism 143 6. Comparing Worker Movements 181 Conclusion 199 Appendix: Methodology 213 Notes 217 Bibliography 267 Index

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""Fueling Development is a timely and important contribution to both Black and Caribbean scholarship. Combining rigorous scholarship and the innovative methodologies of the Black Radical Tradition, Zophia Edwards asks searing questions that offer important insights concerning Trinidad and Tobago's political economy and the relationship between race and class in Caribbean postcolonies.""--Brian Meeks, author of After the Postcolonial Caribbean: Memory, Imagination, Hope


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Zophia Edwards is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University and author of Race, Capitalism, and the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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