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Born Fi´ Dead: A Journey Through the Yardie Underworld
Laurie Gunst
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Paperback. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980's, just in time to catch and ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country. This title examines the issues from a British and Jamaican perspective. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFE; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 22. Weight in Grams: 212. A Journey Through the Yardie Underworld. 288 pages. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980's, just in time to catch and ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country. This title examines the issues from a British and Jamaican perspective. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFE; JKVM. Dimension: 179 x 114 x 22. Weight: 244.
Among the ethnic gangs that rule America's inner cities, none has had the impact of the Jamaican posses. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980's, just in time to catch and ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country. Laurie Gunst's provocative expose of the Jamaican politicians' role in creating this problem is also a moving and compelling tale of suffering and exploitation. Leone Ross' substantial afterword examines further the issues raised by the book from a British and Jamaican perspective
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841953861
SKU
V9781841953861
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About Laurie Gunst
Laurie Gunst earned her doctorate in history at Harvard, and her work has appeared in The Nation, Spin, and The Stories that Shape Us: Twenty Women Write About the West. She received a grant from the Harry Guggenheim Foundation to write Born Fi' Dead. She lives in New York and Wyoming.
Reviews for Born Fi´ Dead: A Journey Through the Yardie Underworld
A truly remarkable achievement
Washington Post
one of the true classics of the genre...The versatility of her writing, whether from a personal, analytical, historical, creative or academic point of view, is simply outstanding, as is the depth of her research...a recommended read.
The Voice
This book is a fine piece of investigative journalism, jettisoning any pretence at objectivity, distilling dispassion and compassion in equal measure.
The Herald
Laurie Gunst's reportage brilliantly traces the tangled nexus of Hollywood gangster movies, corrupt party politics, archaic class structures and transglobal cocaine routes that feed into Jamiaca's nomadic criminal posses. A dense and complex analysis of predatory hypercapitalism.
ID Magazine
fuelled by a deep empathy
Independent on Sunday
Washington Post
one of the true classics of the genre...The versatility of her writing, whether from a personal, analytical, historical, creative or academic point of view, is simply outstanding, as is the depth of her research...a recommended read.
The Voice
This book is a fine piece of investigative journalism, jettisoning any pretence at objectivity, distilling dispassion and compassion in equal measure.
The Herald
Laurie Gunst's reportage brilliantly traces the tangled nexus of Hollywood gangster movies, corrupt party politics, archaic class structures and transglobal cocaine routes that feed into Jamiaca's nomadic criminal posses. A dense and complex analysis of predatory hypercapitalism.
ID Magazine
fuelled by a deep empathy
Independent on Sunday