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4. Why Are Jamaicans the Fastest Runners in the World?

The Institutionalization of Athletic Prowess
  • Orlando Patterson
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The Confounding Island
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© 2019 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2019 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Intro duction 1
  4. I. Explaining Postcolonial Failure
  5. 1. Why Has Jamaica Trailed Barbados on the Path to Sustained Growth? 21
  6. 2. Why Is Democratic Jamaica So Violent? 120
  7. 3. Were Female Workers Preferred in Jamaica’s Early Economic Development? 171
  8. II. Three Cultural Puzzles
  9. 4. Why Are Jamaicans the Fastest Runners in the World? 213
  10. 5. Why Did Jamaicans Riot at a Cricket Match against England? 242
  11. 6. Why Does Globalization Not Produce Cultural Homogenization? 254
  12. III. The Failures of Policy and Politicians
  13. 7. Why Do Policies to Help the Poor So Often Fail? 281
  14. 8. Sad about Manley 314
  15. Epilogue 321
  16. Notes 339
  17. Works Cited 347
  18. Acknowledgments 389
  19. Index 393
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674243064-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Intro duction 1
  4. I. Explaining Postcolonial Failure
  5. 1. Why Has Jamaica Trailed Barbados on the Path to Sustained Growth? 21
  6. 2. Why Is Democratic Jamaica So Violent? 120
  7. 3. Were Female Workers Preferred in Jamaica’s Early Economic Development? 171
  8. II. Three Cultural Puzzles
  9. 4. Why Are Jamaicans the Fastest Runners in the World? 213
  10. 5. Why Did Jamaicans Riot at a Cricket Match against England? 242
  11. 6. Why Does Globalization Not Produce Cultural Homogenization? 254
  12. III. The Failures of Policy and Politicians
  13. 7. Why Do Policies to Help the Poor So Often Fail? 281
  14. 8. Sad about Manley 314
  15. Epilogue 321
  16. Notes 339
  17. Works Cited 347
  18. Acknowledgments 389
  19. Index 393
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