Canoe Press (IL)

A to Z of Industrial Relations in the Caribbean Workplace is a revision and expansion of the earlier successful publication of A-Z of Industrial Relations Practices at the Workplace by George Phillip...

Author: Audrey M. PottingerPublisher: Canoe Press (IL)Publication Date: May 01, 1999Number of Pages: 106 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 9768125500ISBN-13: 9789768125507

An Introduction to Company Law in the Commonwealth CaribbeanAuthor: Rambarran MangalPublisher: Canoe Press (IL)Publication Date: 36768Number of Pages: 260 pagesBinding: LawISBN-10: 9768125217ISBN-13:...

This introduction to politics is designed for first-year students in social sciences and for the general reader interested in the basics of contemporary politic. The text's various sections and...

An Introduction to Spectroscopy presents the most fundamental concepts of inorganic chemistry at a level appropriate for first year students and in a manner comprehensible to them. This is true even...

A short account of the history of medicine leads on to Jamaican medical care in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In the twentieth century the demand for local autonomy increased steadily...

The book contains a collection of papers, discussions and reflections focusing on theological education and ministerial formation in the Caribbean. The contributors place strong emphasis on the...

In Caribbean Tourism, Jean Holder tells the story of how, when, why and whence tourism, now the driver of most Caribbean economies, was introduced into the region and why its journey has been a...

Increased public awareness of the importance of education to national development has brought the work of the school and other educational institutions into sharp focus. The job of the educational...

This book was originally researched and written as an Oxford thesis submitted in 1958, yet it remains a valuable and pertinent study, by no means outdated by the passage of time. The fact is that the...

These plenary lectures from the "Global Reggae" conference convened at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica in 2008 eloquently exemplify the breadth and depth of current scholarship on...

A must-read for community activists who've ever wondered how to get their stories in the media. How to Make Our Own News will also be a useful resource for journalists who cover environmental issues...

Contains lectures presented at Cave Hill from 1987-93 to honour the memory of Elsa Goveia, a highly regarded Caribbean historian. Themes and topics include Thistlewood's Journals (Douglas Hall),...

A comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of social research with a Caribbean focus, this publication draws on similar works in the long line of literature by Caribbean social scientists. The areas...

Male Underachievement in High School Education offers another side to the popular theory of the marginalized Caribbean male by challenging the assumption that boys fail simply because girls achieve...

As a collection of conference papers (presented at the University of West Indies, Mona, October 18-19, 1991), Maroon Heritage is intended to reinforce a dialogue that is at once intercultural and...

At the International Earth Summit convened in Rio de Janeiro in 1994, all nations of the world were mandated to protect the environment for the benefit of present and future generations. This...

The relationship between politics and crime has stimulated the curiosities of criminologists, who understand crime, and political scientists, who understand the nature of the political system. In...

Despite having a workforce consisting of highly qualified staff, some universities do not have high levels of research productivity and lack a research culture. The possible reasons for...

This is the second volume in the Consortium Graduate School's series Studies in Caribbean Public Policy and represents the results of a programme of training in multidisciplinary policy-oriented...

Solid waste has become a major consequence of development and modernization, yet some of the greatest challenges to its management are felt most keenly in the developing countries. This is part of...

This book covers the changing preference of growing sugar rather than tobacco which had been the leading crop in the trans-Atlantic colonies. The Sugar Islands were Antigua, Barbados, St...

This book is a worthy contribution to Caribbean business and professional literature. The work falls into that unique category of published works which not only deals with the topic from a...

The West Indies Cricket Team, formed in 1884, made its first overseas tour to Canada and United States. The first match was played against the Montreal Cricket Club, 16-17 August 1886. This book...

George Beckford's work is characterized by a remarkable consistency of purpose and vision. This collection presents the unfolding of George Beckford's work from agricultural economics to political...

A comprehensive account of the Jewish population of Jamaica and its role in the economic and cultural life of the country. Beginning in the 16th century, the author chronicles the Jews' fight for...

Towards Decolonisation starts with a description of conditions in Jamaica in the 1930s and of the social upheaval that occurred in 1938. It describes and accounts for the emergence of the leaders who...

An overview of the key issues facing the Jamaican child of the nineties. Crawford-Brown confronts the problems of Jamaican children with a view to sensitizing professionals and the public to these...