Depression to Decolonization

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Kathleen E.A. Monteith is Senior Lecturer, Department of History and Archaeology, the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. Her publications include Depression to Decolonization: Barlclays Bank (DCO) in the West Indies, 1926-1962; West Indian Business History: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (co-edited with B.W. Higman); and Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom: History, Heritage and Culture (co-edited with Glen Richards).

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Based upon the records of the Barclays Bank (DCO), as well as Colonial Office records and other documentation, this history provides a detailed examination of the performance and strategies of the bank during periods of crisis and change in the West Indies. It also examines the bank's performance during the Depression years.