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References
- ↑ The Politics of Constitutional Decolonization: Jamaica, 1944–62, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies, 1972.
- ↑ "Professor Emeritus Trevor Munroe | the Faculty of Social Sciences".
- ↑ https://www.caribbeaninternationalnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Professor-Munroes-Biography-CIN.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ "National Honours and Awards 2015 – the Governor-General of Jamaica". 19 October 2015.
- ↑ "Professor Trevor Munroe". 2 December 2014.
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