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The dead yard: a story of modern Jamaica
The dead yard: a story of modern Jamaica
Author
Thomson, Ian
Publisher
Nation Books
Publication Date
2011
Language
English
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Introduction : a history of Paradise
(Black man) in Hammersmith Palais
Trench Town mix up
Strictly come dancehall
Slaving
Massa day done?
I've got to go back home
Forward unto Zion
Maximum black
Stranded on Death Row
The negotiator
Blood and fire
Revival time
Don't call us immigrants
English upbringing, background Caribbean
Everything crash
Nanny knew best
The killing of a Chinese shopkeeper
007 (Shanty Town)
Sitting in limbo
Police and thieves
Night nurse
Scotland Yard
Herbsman hustle
Investors in people ("cargo")
Lord Creator
Life of contradiction
Epilogue : take down the Union Jack.
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Subjects
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Description and travel
History
Jamaica -- Description and travel
Jamaica -- History -- 1962-
Jamaica -- Moral conditions
Jamaica -- Politics and government -- 1962-
Jamaica -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Moral conditions
Politics and government
Social conditions
Social Science
Young Adult Nonfiction
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Thomson, Ian
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ISBN
9781568586564
9781568586663
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NoveList
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