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Suggestions for Further Reading
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, and Yale Center for British Art
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.Part V: Jamaica Arise
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, Dalea
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, Wycliffe
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., and Johnson
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, Brian L.
., and Johnson
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.Part VII: Jamaica in the Age of Neoliberalism
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