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A History of Creole Trinidad, 1956-2010Birth of a Creole Nation: 1783–1961

A History of Creole Trinidad, 1956-2010: Birth of a Creole Nation: 1783–1961 [This chapter presents a history of Trinidad from 1783 to 1961, when Spain issued the cedula for population, giving Roman Catholics from French colonies land grants to emigrate to Trinidad. This created “Creole society” whose evolution is traced through the nineteenth century. The chapter illustrates how the introduction of Indian indentured immigrants in 1845 was the beginning of competition for symbolic and political power. Eric Williams is shown to be the apotheosis of Creole society, which becomes defined solely by ethnic-political interests in the early Independence period, and which thereafter defines the national character. The emergence of the People’s National Movement as the Creole party in 1956, and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which represented the Indians initially, but later became a coalition with White and other Creoles in the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) in 1958 institutionalised racial-ethnic politics.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Creole Trinidad, 1956-2010Birth of a Creole Nation: 1783–1961

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
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978-3-030-75633-8
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41 –54
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10.1007/978-3-030-75634-5_4
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[This chapter presents a history of Trinidad from 1783 to 1961, when Spain issued the cedula for population, giving Roman Catholics from French colonies land grants to emigrate to Trinidad. This created “Creole society” whose evolution is traced through the nineteenth century. The chapter illustrates how the introduction of Indian indentured immigrants in 1845 was the beginning of competition for symbolic and political power. Eric Williams is shown to be the apotheosis of Creole society, which becomes defined solely by ethnic-political interests in the early Independence period, and which thereafter defines the national character. The emergence of the People’s National Movement as the Creole party in 1956, and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which represented the Indians initially, but later became a coalition with White and other Creoles in the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) in 1958 institutionalised racial-ethnic politics.]

Published: Aug 7, 2021

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