...This chapter comments on the way the US represented Latin America in late 1930s and 1940s travelogues about Mexico, by offering a postcolonial reading of those travelogues, particularly their use of a scientific observer's commentary to legitimise their colonisation of other cultures. In the first...

...This chapter recounts Walrond's more “reclusive” period as he resided in London, albeit not without struggle. The challenge West Indian authors faced in England in the early 1930s were formidable, and Walrond's difficulty was not unique. Publishing opportunities were few and far between until...

...This chapter analyzes the Great Depression in an attempt to understand the current financial crisis. The Great Depression of the 1930s is known for the combination of financial collapse, economic downturn, increased unemployment, and failed regulatory efforts. Historians and economists sought...

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