From the back cover:
Jamaica is often acclaimed as the model for colonies advancing toward independence; she has achieved racial equality, rapid economic development, universal suffrage, and a stable two party parliamentary democracy - all without bloodshed or revolution. Can such a painless transition from colonialism to independence build a self-reliant, dynamic society? In Jamaica: The Search for an Identity, Katrin Norris asserts that it can, but only if a social revolution shares the island's wealth more equitably, and if a cultural revolution dilutes the dominating image of Britain and gives the people of all races a will to look for inspiration within themselves.
Reviewed in Race & Class , Volume 4 (2): 77.
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