![]() ![]() Strategically timed, it is launched in celebration of the 50th anniversary of two of the Caribbean’s foremost works on economic history Sir Walter Rodney’s ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’ and George Beckford’s ‘Persistent Poverty: Underdevelopment in Plantation Economies of the Third World’. Published by The UWI Press, the book, is a continuation of the ground-breaking work Sir Hilary began in Britain’s Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide. The new book, How Britain Underdeveloped the Caribbean: A Reparation Response to Europe's Legacy of Plunder and Poverty, explores how successive governments have systematically suppressed economic development in their former colonies and have refused to accept responsibility for the debt and development support they owe the Caribbean. ![]() Thursday, MaInternationally acclaimed Economic Historian, Social Justice and Minority Empowerment Activist, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, launched his latest publication on February 25. Professor Sir Hilary Beckles launches new book unmasking Europe’s legacy of plunder and poverty. ![]()
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