School of Humanities Department of History / Social Studies P.O. Box 175‚ Port of Spain‚ Trinidad‚ W.I. Course Outline COURSE DESCRIPTION: Title of the course and number : West Indian History - HIST147-04 First Semester : 2014 / 2015 Semester credits : Three (3) Dates‚ Time and Location : TR‚ 12.15pm – 1.30pm in KIA-NE1. West Indian History : This course is a survey study of the historical processes that have contributed to the molding of the Caribbean from earliest times into its
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Is the Caribbean a geographical region defined by proximity to a body of water? Is it a group of nations defined by a common history or culture or by political links? Is there such a thing as a Caribbean identity or spirit or culture shared by all the territories clustered around the Caribbean Sea‚ regardless of language or political status? Do we as a Caribbean people act as members of a community or a culture that extends beyond the shores of individual islands? This essay will seek to show
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the region and its peoples. This course examines the ongoing journey of Caribbean nations‚ societies‚ and peoples as they struggle for identity and meaning. Elements of race‚ class‚ gender and the ongoing impacts of colonialism‚ enslavement‚ and Indentureship are prominent tools utilized to uncover and explore the ways in which Caribbean peoples have experienced and expressed themselves over time. Course Requirements Students are expected to complete each week’s readings in full before each week’s
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WI: The University of Wisconsin Press‚ 2002. – Decolonising the Caribbean: Dutch policies in a comparative perspective‚ by Gert Oostindie and Inge Klinkers. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press‚ 2003. – Ah Come Back Home: Perspectives on the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival‚ edited by Ian I. Smart‚ and Kimani S. K. Nehusi. Washington: Original World Press‚ 2000. The Caribbean can be many things to many people: a geographic region somewhere in America’s backyard‚ an English-speaking outpost of
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CARIBBEAN HISTORY THE SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENT The CSEC history School-Based Assessment (SBA) is a research paper which accounts for 40% of your final mark. It offers an ideal opportunity for you to work on a research paper at home and get as high a mark as possible‚ prior to entering the examination room. The SBA allows you to develop those skills that are critical to the study of history while working on a topic in which you are interested. It gives you a chance to research a topic of your choice
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Barbuda‚ St. Kitts-Nevis‚ Montserrat‚ Anguilla‚ Virgin islands Netherland Antilles: Aruba‚ Bonaire‚ Curacao (ABC"islands); Saint Marten‚ Saba‚ St. Eustatius Mainland Territories: Guyana‚ Belize‚ Suriname‚ Cayenne (French Guyana) Others: Barbados‚ Trinidad & Tobago‚ Cayman Islands‚ Bahamas Islands‚ Turks and Caicos Islands b. Definitions of the Caribbean region CARIBBEAN DEFINITIONS The Caribbean is a disjunction land bridge between North and South America with an East - West stretch
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C) The development of systems of productions: Slash and Burn‚ Encomienda‚ Slavery‚ Indentureship‚ the Plantation system. A system of production refers to the way in which an economy is organizes to provide commodities to sustain society. Slash and Burn When the Spaniards arrived the Arawaks and Caribs were producing Agricultural surpluses and trade was mostly organized around feeding and providing for the wants of the community. The arawaks and caribs used a slash and burn technique in their
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Social stratification is an important concept in sociology and has many definitions which revolve around it being ‘a socially constructed concept’ which is based on ‘structured inequality’; ‘the inequality may be in the form of income and wealth‚ an individual’s biological or ethnic make-up‚ or may be as a result of age or disability’ (Scottish Further Education Unit‚ 2006). In addition‚ the inequalities exist ‘among persons and between social groups with respect to the access‚ acquisition and distribution
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according to one or more criteria deemed important in the society. 6. Briefly describe two features of the plantation society. -it is one that is rigidly stratified in its social and economic relations -it focusses on the legacy of slavery and indentureship and the system of economic organization‚ the plantation‚ which used this form of labour. 7. Explain one way in which education contributed to a new class format in the Caribbean society. -Education reduces to some extent the level of social
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Caribbean Stratification Overview The Caribbean stratification system has been influenced by its history of Colonialism‚ Plantation Slavery and Indentureship. Although‚ most of these territories are currently politically independent nation-states‚ the legacy of their history have continued to impact upon their individual social structure. Caribbean Theories of Stratification Plantation Society – This theory of Caribbean society‚ though based on the original plantation model of‚ can be applied
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