The Grenadian Revolution, Part 2: The Rise of Gairyism
After years of societal tension in Grenada, everything would come to a head in 1951 at an event now known as the 1951 Revolution. The person who propelled this event was a former primary school teacher name Eric Matthew Gairy. Due to the success of this 1951 event, Gairy would become Grenada’s leading trade unionist and soon after, Grenada’s most powerful political leader. Over the next decade and through the 1960’s, Grenada became the setting for Gairyism.
Additional Knowledge
BOOKS
A History of Organized Labor In the English-speaking West Indies by Robert J. Alexander, Eldon M. Parker
Black Power in the Caribbean by Kate Quinn
Big Revolution, Small Country: The Rise and Fall of the Grenada Revolution by Jay R. Mandle
Caribbean Revolutions and Revolutionary Theory: An Assessment of Cuba, Nicaragua and Grenada by Brian Meeks
Grenada: A History of Its People by Beverley A. Steele
Grenada: Tale of Uncle Gairy by Frank McDonald
Grenada: The Peaceful Revolution by Catherine Sunshine and Philip Wheaton
Grenada: The Jewel Deposited by Gordon K. Lewis
Reform and Revolution in Grenada, 1950 to 1981 by David Lewis
In The Spirit of Butler: Trade Unionism In Free Grenada
The Hero and the Crowd in a Colonial Polity by A.W. Singham
FICTIONAL BOOKS
Angel” A Novel by Merle Collins
ACADEMIC PAPERS
A Caribbean Story: Grenada's Journey - Possibilities, Contradictions, Lessons by Merle Collins
Charismatic Leadership and Popular Support: A Comparison of the Leadership Styles of Eric Gairy And Maurice Bishop by Pedro A. Noguera
Between Populism and Leninism: The Grenadian Experience by Colin Henfrey
Grenada: Eric Matthew Gairy and the Politics of Extravagance by Frank McDonald
Grenada In Contemporary Historiography by Ron Sookram
Grenada: Maxi-Crisis for Mini-State by Tony Thorndike
Ressentiment and the Gairy Social Revolution by Oliver Benoit
Shifts in Grenadian Migration: An Historical Perspective by Gail R. Pool
Three Cases of Constitutionalism and Cuckoo Politics: Ceylon, British Guiana and Grenada by A.W. Singham
What Happened? Grenada: A Retrospective Journey by Merle Collins
DOCUMENTARIES
Grenada: Colonialism and Conflict directed by Valerie Scoon