The Dead Yard: A Story of Modern JamaicaPublicAffairs, 29 mar 2011 - 384 pagine Named the Dolman Travel Book of the Year, The Dead Yard paints an unforgettable portrait of modern Jamaica. Since independence, Jamaica has gradually become associated with twin images--a resort-style travel Eden for foreigners and a new kind of hell for Jamaicans, a society where gangs control the areas where most Jamaicans live and drug lords like Christopher Coke rule elites and the poor alike. Ian Thomson's brave book explores a country of lost promise, where America's hunger for drugs fuels a dependent economy and shadowy politics. The lauded birthplace of reggae and Bob Marley, Jamaica is now sunk in corruption and hopelessness. A synthesis of vital history and unflinching reportage, The Dead Yard is "a fascinating account of a beautiful, treacherous country" (Irish Times). |
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2 Trench Town Mix Up | 23 |
3 Strictly Come Dancehall | 33 |
4 Slaving | 49 |
5 Massa Day Done? | 62 |
6 Ive Got to Go Back Home | 74 |
7 Forward Unto Zion | 88 |
16 Nanny Knew Best | 205 |
17 The Killing of a Chinese Shopkeeper | 219 |
18 007 Shanty Town | 232 |
19 Sitting in Limbo | 252 |
20 Police and Thieves | 268 |
21 Night Nurse | 282 |
22 Scotland Yard | 291 |
23 Herbsman Hustle | 304 |
8 Maximum Black | 97 |
9 Stranded on Death Row | 112 |
10 The Negotiator | 122 |
11 Blood and Fire | 131 |
12 Revival Time | 143 |
13 Dont Call Us Immigrants | 154 |
14 English Upbringing Background Caribbean | 175 |
15 Everything Crash | 190 |
24 Investors in People Cargo | 317 |
25 Lord Creator | 325 |
26 Life of Contradiction | 337 |
Epilogue Take Down the Union Jack | 346 |
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