The Dead Yard: Tales of Modern Jamaica [Audiobook] download free by Ian Thomson
- Listen audiobook: The Dead Yard: Tales of Modern Jamaica
- Author: Ian Thomson
- Release date: 2008/2/21
- Publisher: FABER & FABER
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Travel and Holiday Guides
- ISBN: 9780571227624
- Rating: 7.35 of 10
- Votes: 310
- Review by: Eve Lockhart
- Review rating: 7.61 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/28
- Duration: 4H43M52S in 256 kbps (76.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-01
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG4, WAV, FLAC, WMA, WavPack, AIFF, MP3, Musepack (compression TBZ, ZIP, ISO, RAR)
- Total pages original book: 384
- Includes a PDF summary of 38 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 28M51S (7.6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Jamaica used to be the source of much of Britain's wealth, a tropical paradise for the planters, a Babylonian exile for the Africans shipped to the Caribbean. It became independent in 1962.Jamaica is now a country in despair. It has become a cockpit of gang warfare, drug crime and poverty. Haunted by the legacy of imperialism, its social and racial divisions seem entrenched. Its extraordinary musical tradition and physical beauty are shadowed by casual murder, police brutality and political corruption.Ian Thomson shows a side of Jamaica that tourists rarely see.He met ordinary Jamaicans in their homes and workplaces; and his encounters with the white elite, who still own most of Jamaica's businesses and newspapers, are unforgettable. Thomson brings alive the country's unique racial and ethnic mix; the all-pervading influence of the USA; and the increasing disillusionment felt by its people, who can't rely on the state for their most basic security. At the heart of the book is Jamaica's tense, uneasy relationship with Britain, to whom it remains politically and culturally bound.
- Other categories, genre or collection: 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000, General & World History, Travel Writing, Social & Cultural History
- Download servers: Waistra, Dropbox, BitShare, Torrent, Mediafire, Microsoft OneDrive, MEGA, Firedrop. Compressed in TBZ, ZIP, ISO, RAR
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 13.12 USD
- Dimensions: 125x198x25mm
- Weight: 302g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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