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ANNUAL REPORT
THE UNIVERSITY OF
THE WEST INDIES PRESS
2011 JAMAICA • BARBADOS • TRINIDAD & TOBAGO •
OPEN CAMPUS
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The University of the West
Indies Press’smission is to be
the premier scholarly book
publisher in the Caribbean, to
enhance and encourage
research and publication of
Caribbean scholarship, to
promote the global reputation
of the University of the West
Indies by empowering the
scholarly community it serves,
and to disseminate Caribbean
scholarship to the world within
a cost-effective environment.
M I S S I O NS T A T E M E N T
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Chair
Mr Archibald Campbell, Director of Finance and University Bursar
Professor Andrew Downes, Cave Hill Representative
Mrs Valerie Facey, Private Sector, Jamaica
Mrs Luz Longworth, Open Campus Representative
Mrs Beverly Pereira, University Counsel
Mrs Beverly Smith-Hinkson, Private Sector, Barbados
Mr Errol Simms, St Augustine Representative
UNIVERS ITY OF THE WEST INDIES PRESS STAFF
Nadine Buckland, Finance Manager
Jean Honeyghan, Publishing Assistant
Jodie McBean, Accounting Officer
Donna Muirhead, Marketing and Sales Manager
Karen Smith, Marketing and Sales Assistant
Linda Speth, General Manager
Herleth Thompson, Accounting Clerk
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C O N T E N T S Executive Summary / 4
Books and Journals Published / 5
Caribbean Publishing Networks / 11
Conferences, Lectures and Exhibits / 13
Book Launches, Readings and Signings / 16
Scholarly and Media Book Reviews / 17
Print and Electronic Advertising / 19
Print and Electronic Catalogues and Flyers / 25
Miscellaneous Publicity / 26
Conclusion / 29
E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y
During 2010–2011, the Press generated net revenues of J$18 million;
planned and implemented the Eighteenth Anniversary and Author
Awards Ceremony; published fifty-three peer-reviewed books, journals
and reprints; had a presence at twenty international and regional
conferences, exhibits and lectures; published a fifty-page 2010–2011
books-in-print catalogue, featuring 282 books; won six industry awards;
kept the salary bill to the University Centre current; eliminated the
outstanding cash indebtedness to the Centre; achieved a surplus of J$2
million; began developing a long-range strategy to enhance revenue
streams and generate electronic products and services; and worked
assiduously to achieve the goals of the UWI Press Strategic Plan, 2007–
2012, particularly by acquiring books in environmental and health
studies, by contributing to a vibrant indigenous publishing industry
throughout the Caribbean, by improving our international visibility and
our distribution networks, and by quickly and systematically confronting
global downturns and their impact on international and local scholarly
book sales and taking corrective actions.
In the report that follows, we have summarized specific Press activities
that directly support the goals of the UWI Press Strategic Plan, 2007–2012
accepted by the Finance and General Purpose Committee in January
2008. This provides a monitoring device and allows for clear
communication with our constituencies as we move to achieve all the
goals of the plan by 2012 despite the difficult economic environment.
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contributing to a vibrant indigenous
publishing industry throughout the Caribbean
Dr The Honourable Tim Gopeesingh, Minister ofEducation, Trinidad and Tobago, greets ProfessorSankat, Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal UWI StAugustine and Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Pro ViceChancellor and Principal UWI Cave Hill, and chairof the UWI Press Board of Directors.
B O O K S A N D J O U R N A L S P U B L I S H E D
During 2010–2011, the Press published twenty new books, three journals
and thirty reprints, bringing total publications to fifty-three.
Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma
Charlton
On the Treatment and Management of the More Common West-India
Diseases, 1750–1802, edited and annotated by J. Edward Hutson, with a
foreword by Henry Fraser, paperback
Health Communication in the Caribbean and Beyond: A Reader, edited by
Godfrey Steele
Cultural DNA: Gender at the Roots of Everyday Life, Diana Fox
Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla
Haiti Rising: Essays on Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010,
edited by Martin Munro
Jamaican Theatre: Highlights of the Performing Arts in the Twentieth
Century, Wycliffe Bennett and Hazel Bennett, with a foreword by Rex
Nettleford
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Expand and grow publication programme by moving from publishing 35 booksand reprints annually to publishing 45 scholarly books and reprints that contributesignificantly to furthering intellectual discourse and regional development.
Strategic Goal 1
Edward Seaga and the Challenges of Modern Jamaica, Patrick E. Bryan,
paperback
Ye Shall Dream: Patriarch Granville Williams and the Barbados Spiritual
Baptists, Ezra E.H. Griffith, cloth
Ye Shall Dream: Patriarch Granville Williams and the Barbados Spiritual
Baptists, Ezra E.H. Griffith, paperback
Bindi: The Multifaceted Lives of Indo-Caribbean Women, edited by Roseanne
Kanhai
British-Controlled Trinidad and Venezuela: A History of Economic Interests
and Subversion, 1830–1962, Kelvin Singh
Jamaica in 1687: The Taylor Manuscript at the National Library of Jamaica,
David Buisseret, paperback
“They do as they please”: The Jamaican Struggle for Cultural Freedom after
Morant Bay, Brian L. Moore and Michele A. Johnson, cloth
“They do as they please”: The Jamaican Struggle for Cultural Freedom after
Morant Bay, Brian L. Moore and Michele A. Johnson, paperback
West Indian Business History: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, edited by
B.W. Higman and Kathleen E.A. Monteith
A History of Money and Banking in Barbados, 1627–1973, Eric Armstrong,
with a foreword by Sir Keith Hunte
A Practical Introduction to Econometric Methods: Classical and Modern,
Patrick K. Watson and Sonja S. Teelucksingh, paperback
The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm: The Life and Writings of a
Pan-Africanist Pioneer, 1799–1851, Winston James
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Monetary Policy, Central Banking and Economic Performance in the
Caribbean, Derick Boyd and Ron Smith
Journal of Caribbean History 44, number 1
Journal of Caribbean History 44, number 2
Journal of Caribbean History 45, number 1
The following thirty books were reprinted by traditional means, digitized,
or produced as short run digital titles to meet ongoing course demand, to
conserve cash and to ensure sufficient stock for academics, students,
wholesalers, libraries and our distributor in Jamaica, Kingston Bookshop,
Ltd:
Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla
The George Beckford Papers, edited by George Beckford and Kari Levitt
Christianity in the Caribbean: Essays on Church History, edited by
Armando Lampe
Time for Action: Report of the West Indian Commission, Postscript by
Sir Shridath Ramphal
Abandoning Dead Metaphors: The Caribbean Phase of Derek Walcott’s
Poetry, Patricia Ismond
Learning to Be a Man: Culture, Socialization and Gender Identity in Five
Caribbean Communities, Barry Chevannes
Natural Research Management for Sustainable Development in the
Caribbean, edited by Ivan Goodbody and Elizabeth Thomas-Hope
Contrary Voices: Representations of West Indian Slavery, 1657–1834, edited
by Karina Williamson
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Global Change and Caribbean Vulnerability: Environment, Economy and
Society at Risk, edited by Duncan McGregor, David Dodman and David
Barker
Inside Hillview High School: An Ethnography of an Urban Jamaican School,
Hyacinth Evans
The Brain Train: Quality Higher Education and Caribbean Development,
Hilary McD. Beckles, Anthony Perry, Peter Whiteley
Don’t Burn Our Bridges: The Case for Owning Caribbean Airlines,
Jean S. Holder
New Caribbean Thought: A Reader, edited by Brian Meeks and Folke
Lindahl
The Portuguese Jews of Jamaica, Mordechai Arbell
British-Controlled Trinidad and Venezuela: A History of Economic Interests
and Subversion, 1830–1962, Kelvin Singh
Maharani’s Misery: Narratives of a Passage from India to the Caribbean,
Verene A. Shepherd
Christianity in the Caribbean: Essays on Church History, edited by
Armando Lampe
The Shaping of the West Indian Church, 1492–1962, Arthur Charles
Dayfoot
Slaves Who Abolished Slavery: Blacks in Rebellion, Richard Hart
Caribbean Theology: Preparing for the Challenges Ahead, edited by
Howard Gregory
West Indian Business History: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, edited by
B.W. Higman and Kathleen E.A. Monteith
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British-Controlled Trinidad and Venezuela: A History of Economic Interests
and Subversion, 1830–1962, Kelvin Singh
Learning to Be a Man: Culture, Socialization and Gender Identity in Five
Caribbean Communities, Barry Chevannes
Radical Theory, Caribbean Reality: Race, Class and Social Domination,
Charles W. Mills
A History of the Virgin Islands of the United States, Isaac Dookhan
Manuscript Sources for the History of the West Indies, K.E. Ingram
Identity and Secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 1889–1980,
Learie Luke
Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom: History, Heritage and Culture, edited by
Kathleen E.A. Monteith and Glen Richards
Natural Research Management for Sustainable Development in the
Caribbean, edited by Ivan Goodbody and Elizabeth Thomas-Hope
Research: The Journey from Pondering to Publishing, edited by
Serwan M.J. Baban
In addition, the following seventeen titles are “in press”:
Natural Hazards Atlas of Jamaica, Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr and Rafi Ahmad
Observations on the Changes of the Air and the Concomitant Epidemical
Diseases in the Island of Barbadoes, William Hillary; edited by J. Edward
Hutson and Henry S. Fraser
Scientific Principles of Stress, James Mills
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Social Psychological Dynamics, edited by Derek Chadee and Alexsandra
Kostic
Becoming Belize: A History of an Outpost of Empire Searching for Identity,
1528–1823, Mavis Campbell
Border Crossings: Caribbean Women Writers, edited by Nicole Roberts and
Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw
From Tin Pan to TASPO: Steelband in Trinidad, 1939–1951, Kim Johnson
Proslavery Priest: The Atlantic World of John Lindsay, 1729–1788, B.W.
Higman
Pak’s Britannica: Articles and Interviews with David Dabydeen, Lynne
Macedo
Talking Words: New Essays on the Work of David Dabydeen, Lynne Macedo
Hope Transformed: A Historical Sketch of the Hope Landscape, St Andrew,
Jamaica 1660–1960, Veront Satchell
Anansi’s Journey: A Story of Jamaican Cultural Resistance, Emily Zobel
Marshall
Caribbean Heritage, edited by Basil Reid
Golokwati: A tidalectics history of our thymes, vol. 1, Kamau Brathwaite
Golokwati: A tidalectics history of our thymes, vol. 2, Kamau Brathwaite
Love and Power: Caribbean Discourses on Gender, edited by V. Eudine
Barriteau
Archipelagos of Sound: Transnational Caribbeanities, Women and Music,
edited by Ifeona Fulani
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During 2010–2011, UWI Press management spent considerable time in
supporting, sustaining and promoting the nascent book-publishing
industry in the Caribbean. Press management served on the boards of the
Book Industry Association of Jamaica; the Caribbean Publishers Network;
Caribbean Quarterly and the Caribbean Review of Gender Studies. The Press
was also a member of the Caribbean Working Party, the Jamaican
Copyright Licensing Agency and the Association of American University
Presses.
Once again, the Press chaired the Biennial BIAJ National Publishing
Awards Committee. The Eleventh Biennial BIAJ National Publishing and
Writing Awards competition promotes, recognizes and celebrates
Jamaican publishing and writing excellence.
The BIAJ expanded the award categories and introduced Readers’ Choice
Awards to stimulate public discussion of books and literacy. A remarkable
105 entries were received. In the last three previous competitions, the
entries numbered 53, 24, and 35 respectively. A record-breaking
$229,790 in entry fees was received, more than twice the amount received
in previous competitions.
The award competition was held during a week of activities, which
included the launch and preview of the Kingston 2012 Book Festival,
jointly sponsored by BIAJ and CAPNET.
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Assume a more active role regionally and internationally in the publishing industry.
Strategic Goal 2
C A R I B B E A N P U B L I S H I N G N E T W O R K S
A new CAPNET council was elected and given the mandate of
reinvigorating the organization. A web page was launched and workshops
and a news conference were held with the cooperation of the BIAJ.
CAPNET was very active in beginning to develop an extensive application
for a European Union culture grant of US$400,000 under the auspices of
the ACP-EU. There will be an additional call for grants in 2012.
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UWI Press management spent considerable time insupporting, sustaining and promoting the nascent book-publishing industry in the Caribbean. Press managementserved on the boards of the Book Industry Association ofJamaica; the Caribbean Publishers Network (CAPNET)
C O N F E R E N C E S , L E C T U R E S , E X H I B I T S , S A L E S C A L L S , L A U N C H E S , C A T A L O G U E S ,R E V I E W S , A W A R D S A N D H O N O U R S
The Press had a presence at twenty conferences, lectures and exhibits in
six countries, and undertook sales calls to Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad
and Tobago, and the United States. The two-member Marketing and Sales
Department is to be commended for the range and depth of their activities
within budget.
Mona Academic Conference
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
Frankfurt Book Fair
The Eurospan Group Stand
Germany
Research Day
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
Eighteenth Biennial Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics
University of the West Indies
Barbados
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Highlight UWI’s research internationally, regionally and nationally.Strategic Goal 3
Orientation for Undergraduate Students
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
Inaugural Rastafari Studies Conference
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
Career Day
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
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UWI Press books andauthors are showcased atinternational book fairs, suchas the London Book Fair andthe Frankfurt Book Fair
The Press had apresence at twentyconferences, lecturesand exhibits in sixcountries, and undertooksales calls to Jamaica,Barbados, Trinidad andTobago, and the UnitedStates
Caribbean Reasonings Conference
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
UWI Press Eighteenth Anniversary and
Author Awards Ceremony
University of the West Indies
Trinidad and Tobago
Development Studies Association
London, United Kingdom
CARICOM and Commonwealth Conference
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
Eleventh Biennial BIAJ National Writing and
Publishing Awards
Jamaica
Twelfth Annual Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of
Social and Economic Studies Conference
University of the West Indies
Jamaica
Book Fair
University of Technology
Jamaica
UNITE to End Violence against Women
Bureau of Women’s Affairs
Jamaica
Literary Festival
University of Technology
Jamaica
Social Ethics Seminar
St Michael’s Theological College
Jamaica
International Studies Association
Canada
Canadian Association for African Studies
Canada
Latin American Studies Association
Canada
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Opening of the UWI Press Eighteenth Anniversary and Author Awards Ceremony,Trinidad & Tobago
B O O K L A U N C H E S , R E A D I N G S A N D S I G N I N G S
Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla, Trinidad and Tobago
Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla, Jamaica
Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla, Jamaica
Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla, Trinidad and Tobago
Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma
Charlton, Jamaica
The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm: The Life and Writings of a
Pan-Africanist Pioneer, 1799–1851, Winston James, Jamaica
The Devil in the Details: Cuban Antislavery Narrative in the Postmodern Age,
Claudette M. Williams, Jamaica
Women in Grenadian History, 1783–1983, Nicole Laurine Phillip, Grenada
Export/Import Trends and Economic Development in Trinidad and Tobago,
1919–1939, Doddridge H.N. Alleyne, with an introduction by Bridget
Brereton, Trinidad and Tobago
British-Controlled Trinidad and Venezuela: A History of Economic Interests
and Subversion, 1830–1962, Kelvin Singh, Trinidad and Tobago
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Barbara Lalla launches Cascade: A Novel at theUWI Bookshop, Mona campus.
Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton present a copyof their book Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters toMike Fennell the President of the Jamaica OlympicAssociation
S C H O L A R L Y A N D M E D I A B O O K R E V I E W S
Scholarly reviews in academic journals continue to be an important
means of disseminating scholarly information and generating sales to
academics and libraries. The Press has seen an increase in its tracked
reviews and it will continue to concentrate on emphasizing international
review coverage. With refinements in web-based searching, we have also
been able to discover Press books reviewed in international journals that
had not been previously reported.
Contrary Voices: Representations of West Indian Slavery, 1657–1834, edited
by Karina Williamson, Oxford Journals (February 2011)
Caribbean Culture: Soundings on Kamau Brathwaite, edited by Annie Paul,
Caribbean Review of Books (2009)
Plantation Jamaica, 1750–1850: Capital and Control in a Colonial Economy,
B.W. Higman, International Journal of Maritime History 49 (2009)
Archibald Monteath: Igbo, Jamaican, Moravian, Maureen Warner-Lewis,
Journal of Historical Biography (Spring 2009)
Jamaican Food: History, Biology, Culture, B.W. Higman, Journal of Food and
Culture 1 (2010)
Depression to Decolonization: Barclays Bank (DCO) in the West Indies,
1926–1962, Kathleen E.A. Monteith, Business History Review 84 (2010)
Jamaican Place Names, B.W. Higman and B.J. Hudson, NAMES (March
2011)
Eric Williams: The Myth and the Man, Selwyn Ryan, History in Action
(March 2011)
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The Press has seenan increase in itstracked reviews andit will continue toconcentrate onemphasizinginternational reviewcoverage.
Eric Williams: The Myth and the Man, Selwyn Ryan, Sunday Stabroek News,
December 1, 2009
Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla, wordpress, January 2, 2011
Demeaned but Empowered: The Social Power of the Urban Poor in Jamaica,
Obika Gray, wordpress, May 25, 2010
Haiti Rising: Essays on Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010,
edited by Martin Munro, SHE Caribbean Magazine
Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma
Charlton, jamaicanliterature.com, November 30, 2010
Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma
Charlton, Jamaica Observer, January 2, 2011
Maharani’s Misery: Narratives of a Passage from India to the Caribbean,
Verene Shepherd, sawnet.org (February 2009)
The Devil in the Details: Cuban Antislavery Narrative in the Postmodern Age,
Claudette M. Williams, Caribbean Quarterly (December 2010)
The Earliest Inhabitants: The Dynamics of the Jamaican Taino, edited by
Lesley Gail-Atkinson, Caribbean Journal of Earth Science 41 (2011)
Identity and Secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 1889–1980,
Learie Luke, Journal of Caribbean History 44, no. 1 (2010)
Lady Nugent’s Journal of Her Residence in Jamaica from 1801 to 1805, edited
by Philip Wright, with a foreword by Verene A. Shepherd, Journal of
Caribbean History 44, no. 2 (2010)
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P R I N T A N D E L E C T R O N I C A D V E R T I S I N G
In order to provide more visibility for the University of the West Indies
and UWI Press authors, the Press prepared an ad campaign several
months ago and the following ads appeared in local and international
media.
P R I N T A D V E R T I S E M E N T S , J A M A I C A
Jamaica Gleaner, November 28, 2010, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters,
edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton
Jamaica Observer, November 28, 2010, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters,
edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton
Jamaica Observer, December 4, 2010, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters,
edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton
Jamaica Gleaner, December 12, 2010, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters,
edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton
Jamaica Observer, December 12, 2010, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters,
edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton
P R I N T A N D E L E C T R O N I C A D V E R T I S E M E N T S , B A K E R & T A Y L O R , N O R T H A M E R I C A
Baker & Taylor (B&T) is the number one supplier of paper and digital
books to domestic and international libraries and has been in operation
for over 180 years. It accounts for 80 per cent of UWI Press book sales in
the North American market each year. “B&T primarily serves two types of
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markets. Its core business distributes books, videos, and music, and
provides value-added services to thousands of school, public, and
specialty libraries worldwide. The firm’s retail unit supplies storefront and
Internet book and music retailers, as well as independent booksellers,
with a million book titles and about 385,000 DVD and CD titles”
(www.btol.com, retrieved April 5, 2011).
F R O N T L I S T A D V E R T I S M E N T S
Baker & Taylor Publisher’s Profile, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters,
edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton
Baker & Taylor Forecast Magazine, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters,
edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton
Baker & Taylor Homepage Feature, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters,
edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton
Baker & Taylor Publisher’s Profile, Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla
Baker & Taylor Forecast Magazine, Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla
Baker & Taylor Homepage Feature, Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla
Baker & Taylor Forecast Magazine, Haiti Rising: Essays on Haitian
History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010, edited by Martin Munro
Baker & Taylor Forecast Magazine, Ye Shall Dream: Patriarch Granville
Williams and the Barbados Spiritual Baptists, Ezra E. H. Griffith, cloth
Baker & Taylor Forecast Magazine, Ye Shall Dream: Patriarch Granville
Williams and the Barbados Spiritual Baptists, Ezra E. H. Griffith, paperback
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B A C K L I S T A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Central Africa in the Caribbean: Transcending Time, Transforming Cultures,
Maureen Warner-Lewis
The Construction and Representation of Race and Ethnicity in the Caribbean
and the World, Mervyn C. Alleyne
Demeaned but Empowered: The Social Power of the Urban Poor in Jamaica,
Obika Gray
Flight to Freedom: African Runaways and Maroons in the Americas, Alvin O.
Thompson
Inna di Dancehall: Popular Culture and the Politics of Identity in Jamaica,
Donna P. Hope
In Miserable Slavery: Thomas Thistlewood in Jamaica, 1750–86, Douglas
Hall
Jamaican Folk Medicine: A Source of Healing, edited by Arvilla Payne-
Jackson and Mervyn C. Alleyne
Inside Hillview High School: An Ethnographic Study of an Urban Jamaican
School, Hyacinth Evans
Dictionary of Jamaican English, second edition, edited by F.G. Cassidy and
R.B. LePage
Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, edited by Richard Allsopp
New Register of Caribbean English Usage, edited by Richard Allsopp
Language of Dress: Resistance and Accommodation in Jamaica, 1750–1890,
Steeve O. Buckridge
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Contrary Voices: Representation of West Indian Slavery, 1657–1834, edited
by Karina Williamson
Archibald Monteath: Igbo, Jamaican, Moravian, Maureen Warner-Lewis
Christianity in the Caribbean: Essays on Church History, edited by
Armando Lampe
Essays on the Theory of Plantation Economy: A Historical and Institutional
Approach to Caribbean Economic Development, Lloyd Best and Kari Levitt
When Me Was a Boy, Charles Hyatt
Interrogating Caribbean Masculinities: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses,
edited by Rhoda Reddock
Confronting Power, Theorizing Gender: Interdisciplinary Perspectives in the
Caribbean, edited by Eudine Barriteau
The Rebel Woman in the British West Indies during Slavery, Lucille
Mathurin Mair
U W I P R E S S B E S T S E L L E R S , B A K E R & T A Y L O R
( L I F E T I M E S A L E S )
Dictionary of Jamaican English, second edition, edited by F.G. Cassidy and
R.B. LePage
Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom: History, Heritage and Culture, edited by
Kathleen Monteith and Glen Richards
Flight to Freedom: African Runaways and Maroons in the Americas, Alvin O.
Thompson
A History of the Virgin Islands of the United States, Isaac Dookhan
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Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, edited by Richard Allsopp
The Portuguese Jews of Jamaica, Mordechai Arbell
Lionheart Gal: Life Stories of Jamaican Women, Sistren with Honor
Ford-Smith
Inna di Dancehall: Popular Culture and the Politics of Identity in Jamaica,
Donna P. Hope
Central Africa in the Caribbean: Transcending Time, Transforming Cultures,
Maureen Warner-Lewis
The Language of Dress: Resistance and Accommodation in Jamaica,
1760–1890, Steeve O. Buckridge
Jamaican Folk Medicine: A Source of Healing, Arvilla Payne-Jackson and
Mervyn C. Alleyne
In Miserable Slavery: Thomas Thistlewood in Jamaica, 1750–86,
Douglas Hall
Culture @ the Cutting Edge: Tracking Caribbean Popular Music,
Curwen Best
Contrary Voices: Representations of West Indian Slavery, 1657–1834,
edited by Karina Williamson
A Historical Study of Women in Jamaica, 1655–1844, edited by Lucille
Mathurin Mair, Hilary McD. Beckles and Verene A. Shepherd
Archibald Monteath: Igbo, Jamaican, Moravian, Maureen Warner-Lewis
Learning to Be a Man: Culture, Socialization and Gender Identity in Five
Caribbean Communities, Barry Chevannes
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The Francophone Caribbean Today: Literature, Language, Culture, edited by
Gertrud Aub-Buscher and Beverly Ormerod Noakes
Abandoning Dead Metaphors: The Caribbean Phase of Derek Walcott’s
Poetry, Patricia Ismond
Caribbean Wars Untold: A Salute to the British West Indies, Humphrey
Metzgen and John Graham
Y A N K E E B O O K P E D D L E R A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Yankee Book Peddler provides books in digital and print format and
collection development support to libraries worldwide. In 1999, it was
purchased by Baker & Taylor.
Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma
Charlton
Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla
Haiti Rising: Essays on Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010,
edited by Martin Munro
Ye Shall Dream: Patriarch Granville Williams and the Barbados Spiritual
Baptists, Ezra E.H. Griffith, cloth
Ye Shall Dream: Patriarch Granville Williams and the Barbados Spiritual
Baptists, Ezra E.H. Griffith, paperback
T V A N D R A D I O I N T E R V I E W S
Smile Jamaica TVJ, Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla
Nationwide News Network, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by
Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton
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Nationwide News Network, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by
Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton
KLAS Sports FM, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael
Irving and Vilma Charlton
Nationwide News Network, Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by
Rachael Irving and Vilma Charlton
Newstalk 93 FM, Modern Blackness: Nationalism, Globalization, and the
Politics of Culture in Jamaica, Deborah A. Thomas
PRINT AND ELECTRONIC CATALOGUES AND FLYERS
During 2010–2011, thousands of print and electronic catalogues and
flyers featuring UWI Press books were distributed to individuals,
wholesalers, retailers, and libraries worldwide.
UWI Press New and Forthcoming Catalogue 2010
UWI Press New and Forthcoming Catalogue 2010–2011
Eurospan Group New Books Catalogue 2010
Eurospan Group History Catalogue 2010
Eurospan Literature Catalogue 2010
Eurospan Social Studies Catalogue 2010
Eurospan Environment Flyers 2010
Eurospan Politics Flyers 2010
Eurospan Environmental Studies Promotion via environmentalexpert.com
showcased UWI Press books in environmental studies to 1,000,000 global
environmental professionals
Scholarly Book Services Flyers, LASA Conference, Canada
During January 2011, a PDF of the UWI Press New and Forthcoming
Catalogue 2010– 2011 was sent to all UWI students, faculty and staff via
the following communication channels:
UWI Mona, Campus Pipeline
UWI Cave Hill, Marketing and Communications Office
UWI St Augustine, Marketing and Communications Office
M I S C E L L A N E O U S P U B L I C I T Y
UWI Press Eighteenth Anniversary and Author Awards Ceremony,
Caribbean Business News, October 19, 2010
UWI Press Eighteenth Anniversary and Author Awards Ceremony, SC
State University, Academic Affairs Newsletter, September 2010
UWI Press Eighteenth Anniversary and Author Awards Ceremony,
CaribZAR, October 19, 2011
UWI Press Eighteenth Anniversary and Author Awards Ceremony, UWI
STAN, Anniversary Issue 2010
Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla, UWI STAN, Anniversary Issue 2010
UWI Press Eighteenth Anniversary and Author Awards Ceremony, UWI
Mona, January 2011
Book Industry Association of Jamaica Publishing and Writing Awards
2011, Jamaica Observer, BookEnds, April 3, 2011
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During the last nineyears, UWI Press booksand authors haveconsistently dominatedthe book awardcategories in Humanitiesand Education and theSocial Sciences, winninga total of eleven bookawards in these twocategories.
Book Industry Association of Jamaica Publishing and Writing Awards
2011, Jamaica Observer, March 29, 2011
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AWARD S , HONOUR S , I N DU S T R Y R ECOGN I T I ON
2010 Florida Print Awards
UWI Press New and Forthcoming Catalogue 2010
BE S T R E S E A RCH BOOK , UWI , F ACU L T Y O F
HUMAN I T I E S
Claudette M. Williams, Devil in the Details: Cuban Antislavery Narrative in
the Postmodern Age, Best Research Publication (Book), UWI, Mona,
Faculty of Humanities and Education, 2011.
During the last nine years, UWI Press books and authors have
consistently dominated the book award categories in Humanities and
Education and the Social Sciences, winning a total of eleven book awards
in these two categories.
FOR EWORD 2010 BOOK O F TH E Y E A R F I N A L I S T S
Cascade: A Novel, Barbara Lalla
Haiti Rising: Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010, edited by
Martin Munro
ForeWord awards and finalists represent independent publishing at its
finest and are selected by librarians and booksellers. Approximately 350
publishers submitted 1,400 books in 56 categories and UWI Press was
delighted to have had two of its books chosen as finalists.
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UWI Press Catalogue 2010 receivesprestigious Florida Print Award
BOOK I NDU S T R Y A S S OC I A T I ON O F J AMA I C A B E S TR E F E R ENC E BOOK , W INN E R
Contrary Voices: Representations of West Indian Slavery, 1657–1834, edited
by Karina Williamson
BOOK I NDU S T R Y A S S OC I A T I ON O F J AMA I C A B E S TACAD EM I C BOOK , HONOURA B L E MENT I ON
The Fiction of Robert Antoni: Writing in the Estuary, Richard F. Patteson
The Eleventh Biennial BIAJ Publishing and Writing Awards Ceremony
was the most competitive in history, with more than 105 entries
submitted in seventeen categories. Historically, UWI Press books have
dominated the Best Academic and Best Reference Book categories and
have also been strong contenders for Best Adult Non-Fiction and Best
Cover categories.
Over the last eighteen years, UWI Press books have received forty-six
local, regional and international awards.
S E L E C T ED TE X T BOOK ADO P T I ON S
Jamaican Gold: Jamaican Sprinters, edited by Rachael Irving and Vilma
Charlton, 500 copies
Language of Dress: Resistance and Accommodation in Jamaica, 1760–1890,
Steeve O. Buckridge, 200 copies
Out of Order: Anthony Winkler and White West Indian Writing, Kimberly
Robinson-Walcott, 250 copies
Philosophy and the West Indian Novel, Earl McKenzie, 250 copies
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Over the last eighteenyears, UWI Press bookshave received forty-sixlocal, regional andinternational awards.
Interrogating Caribbean Masculinities: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses,
edited by Rhoda Reddock, 80 copies
Maharani’s Misery: Narratives of a Passage from India to the Caribbean,
Verene Shepherd, 133 copies
C O N C L U S I O N
Despite the ongoing financial challenges presented by uncertain markets
for print sales, UWI Press is positioned to achieve the goals of the UWI
Press Strategic Plan, 2007–2012 and we ended a challenging year with a
surplus of J$2 million. We will continue to carefully monitor
discretionary costs, emphasize revenue growth, and carefully acquire
books in environmental and health studies. As the Press ends its second
decade, its partnerships with UWI faculty, its authors and the ministries
of education will be critical in fostering its viability and growth. By
emphasizing the peer-review process and by pursuing international
standards of excellence and benchmarks, UWI Press books will attract
attention in the global marketplace and the academy while the Press
continually strives to effectively sell these books in a cost-effective, ever-
innovative manner. As it confronts the new marketplace for digital and
print books, the Press will begin to develop and refine its overarching
digital strategy to diversify revenue streams.
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As the Press ends itssecond decade, itspartnerships with UWIfaculty, its authors and theministries of education willbe critical in fostering itsviability and growth. Byemphasizing the peer-review process and bypursuing internationalstandards of excellenceand benchmarks . . .
Dr Learie Luke, author of Identity and Secession in the Caribbean:Tobago versus Trinidad, receives the award for bestselling revised dissertation from UWI Press finance manager Nadine Buckland
Professor Barbara Lalla, author of Cascade: A Novel, receives theinaugural fiction award from UWI Press finance manager NadineBuckland
Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr, co-author with Rafi Ahmad of Natural HazardsAtlas of Jamaica, receives the award for outstanding publishing proposal (environmental) studies from UWI Press managing editorShivaun Hearne
Robert Harris receives the award for outstanding designer from UWIPress managing editor Shivaun Hearne
Linda Speth, UWI Press general manager, receives a long-serviceaward from Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Pro Vice Chancellor andPrincipal, UWI, Cave Hill, and chair of the UWI Press Board of Directors
Nadine Buckland, UWI Press finance manager, receives a long-serviceaward from Errol Simms, head and senior lecturer, Department ofManagement Studies, UWI, St Augustine
Shivaun Hearne, UWI Press managing editor, receives a long-serviceaward from Errol Simms, head and senior lecturer, Department ofManagement Studies, UWI, St Augustine
Donna Muirhead, UWI Press marketing and sales manager, receives along-service award from Errol Simms, head and senior lecturer,Department of Management Studies, UWI, St Augustine
Karen Smith, UWI Press marketing and sales assistant, receives a long-service award from Errol Simms, head and senior lecturer,Department of Management Studies, UWI, St Augustine
Author Awards Ceremony
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