Ian Randle Publishers

Titles to be Released in 2012

Black Meteors

The Caribbean in International Track and Field

Basil Ince

Black Meteors: The Caribbean in International Track and Field spotlights Caribbean athletes and their role in bringing the region to the forefront of international track and field athletics. Although the main focus is on athletes from the Commonwealth Caribbean, Basil Ince also includes notable athletes from the wider French, Spanish and Dutch-speaking Caribbean.

Basil Ince holds a doctorate from New York University. He has represented the West Indies at the Pan American Games and has won both silver and gold in the 4x400 m relay and the 400 m in 1959. He was inducted into the Trinidad and Tobago Sports Hall of Fame and went on to become President of the National Association of Athletes and the manager of the Olympic track and field team which won gold in 1976.

US$29.95, 978-976-637-530-0, 359 pp, 7½" x 9", 2012

The Caribbean in Sepia

A History in Photographs 1840-1900

Michael Ayre

The Caribbean has had a complex, yet fascinating history. How better to present this history than visually through photographs? Michael Ayre combines his interest in the economic history of the region with a long-standing passion for the history of photography to present a compelling visual narrative of the Caribbean world of the late nineteenth century. This book analyses how the old Caribbean order of slavery and plantation sugar was swept aside by a series of fundamental changes which reached into the deepest corners of economic life and society. Organised as a series of visual essays, the first section ‘Building a New Society’ encompasses the immediate post-emancipation period along broad social and economic themes such as the Sugar Industry, Indentured Immigration, the Gold Rush, Health and Education, and Leisure, Dress and Style. The second section focuses on ‘People and Places’ and the development of various territories from the Bahamas down to Guyana and Suriname. The final section represents ground-breaking research on the historical evolution of photography in the Caribbean, complete with timelines of the major events together with profiles of the most prolific photographers of the period.

Michael Ayre holds a postgraduate degree in Caribbean history from Columbia University. He has travelled extensively throughout the region. After residing in the Netherlands Antilles for many years, Michael now spends his time between Canada and Lithuania.

US$44.95, 978-976-637-597-3, 10" x 10", 312 pgs, Hardback, 2012

JAMAICA

50 Golden Moments

The Gleaner Co Ltd

JAMAICA: 50 Golden Moments is an enthralling visual celebration of the defining moments in the 50-year post-independence history of this small and enigmatic island nation that has made an indelible mark on the rest of the World.

From the Gleaner newspaper archives, breathtaking images highlight major events in each of the five decades: the raising of the National Flag; the crowing of a Jamaican as Miss World; the inauguration of Air Jamaica; Royal visits; the triumph of the first female Olympic Gold Medal; the Bobsled team; Highway 2000; Reggae Sunsplash and Reggae Sumfest and Usain Bolt among others, all capture the vibrancy and legacy of the Caribbean nation.

More than a just a book of photographs, JAMAICA: 50 Golden Moments is a tribute to the island and its people on her Golden Jubilee.

US$24.95, 978-976-637-611-6, 9¾" x 11¾", 240 pgs, Hardback, 2012

Picturing the Post-Colonial Nation

(Inter)Nationalism in the Art of Jamaica 1962-1975

Claudia Hucke

In post-independent Jamaica, a period marked by significant social, political and cultural shifts, art played a vital role in establishing an identity for a hybrid nation at the dawn of its self-discovery. Picturing the Postcolonial Nation: (Inter) Nationalism in the Art of Jamaica 1962–1975 examines the relationship between art and nation-building; highlighting the varied ways art was used to not only define Jamaica, but to promote and brand a Jamaica that was as innovative, rich and changing as art itself.

Claudia Hucke is Senior Lecturer in Art History at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Kingston, Jamaica. She has a PhD in Art History from the University of Hamburg, Germany and is an independent curator whose work includes Jazz and Tings – Selections from Karl Parboosingh’s Sketchbooks at the Bolivar Gallery and the Barrington Watson retrospective at the National Gallery of Jamaica.

US$45, 978-976-637-610-9, 7½" x 9", 245pgs, Hardback (with jacket), Illustrated in full colour, 2012