Caribbean category: 2932 books
The Legacy of Eric Williams
Into the Postcolonial Moment
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
The Legacy of Eric Williams provides an indispensable and significant understanding of Eric Williams's contributions to the now independent nation of Trinidad and Tobago and his impact on the broader international understanding of the Caribbean. This book stands out because of its simultaneous investigation...
Dominica, Caribbean Travel Guide
Sightseeing, Hotel, Restaurant & Shopping Highlights
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
The Commonwealth of Dominica is a beautiful island paradise set in the Caribbean Sea. Discovered by Christopher Columbus on a Sunday in 1493, he named the island Dominica, meaning Sunday in Latin. With lush green forests, picturesque waterfalls, miles of hiking trails, volcanic mountains, thermal...
Scotland and the Caribbean, c.1740-1833
Atlantic Archipelagos
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
This book participates in the modern recovery of the memory of the long-forgotten relationship between Scotland and the Caribbean. Drawing on theoretical paradigms of world literature and transnationalism, it argues that Caribbean slavery profoundly shaped Scotland’s economic, social and cultural...
The Experiential Caribbean
Creating Knowledge and Healing in the Early Modern Atlantic
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Opening a window on a dynamic realm far beyond imperial courts, anatomical theaters, and learned societies, Pablo F. Gomez examines the strategies that Caribbean people used to create authoritative, experientially based knowledge about the human body and the natural world during the long seventeenth...
Traveler's Paradise - ABC Islands
Travel Guide for ABC Islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao)
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Do you want to explore every single aspect of the Caribbean life? Then your next vacation should be in the ABC islands!
Arubа, Bonaire аnd Curacao are three exotic Caribbean islands with a colorful Dutch colonial architecture. Since they used to be ruled by the Dutch, many elements of the...
by Evelyn O'Callaghan, Alison Donnell, Maria McGarrity
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2015
This collection explores how the complications and contradictions of Irish-Caribbean relations are much richer and deeper than previously recognized. Caribbean Irish Connections makes an important contribution to Irish studies by challenging the dominance of a US diasporic history and a disciplinary...
Caribbean Paleodemography
Population, Culture History, and Sociopolitical Processes in Ancient Puerto Rico
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Important information on prehistoric island populations and migrations.
According to the European chronicles, at the time of contact, the Greater Antilles were inhabited by the Taino or Arawak Indians, who were organized in hierarchical societies. Since its inception Caribbean archaeology has...
Transnational Negotiations in Caribbean Diasporic Literature
Remitting the Text
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Page casts light on the role of citizenship, immigration, and transnational mobility in Caribbean migrant and diaspora fiction. Page's historical, socio-cultural study responds to the general trend in migration discourse that presents the Caribbean experience...
Connecting Histories
Francophone Caribbean Writers Interrogating Their Past
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
The Francophone Caribbean boasts a trove of literary gems. Distinguished by innovative, elegant writing and thought-provoking questions of history and identity, this exciting body of work demands scholarly attention. Its authors treat the traumatic legacies of shared and personal histories pervading...
Igniting the Caribbean's Past
Fire in British West Indian History
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
Unlike the earthquakes and hurricanes that have influenced Caribbean history, the region's fires have almost always been caused by humans. Geographer Bonham C. Richardson explores the effects of fire in the social and ecological history of the British Lesser Antilles, from the British Virgin Islands...
Reproducing the British Caribbean
Sex, Gender, and Population Politics after Slavery
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
This innovative book traces the history of ideas and policymaking concerning population growth and infant and maternal welfare in Caribbean colonies wrestling with the aftermath of slavery. Focusing on Jamaica, Guyana, and Barbados from the nineteenth century through the 1930s, when violent labor...
by Fodor's Travel Guides
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Written by locals, Fodor’s InFocus Aruba is the perfect guidebook for those looking for insider tips to make the most out their visit to Aruba. Complete with detailed maps and concise descriptions, this travel guide will help you plan your trip with ease. Join Fodor’s in exploring one of the most...
Slavery in the Caribbean Francophone World
Distant Voices, Forgotten Acts, Forged Identities
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Twelve scholars representing a variety of academic fields contribute to this study of slavery in the French Caribbean colonies, which ranges historically from the 1770s to Haiti's declaration of independent statehood in 1804. Including essays on the impact of colonial slavery on France, the United...
by Andrew Dier
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
**Moon Travel Guides: Make Your Escape
Colonial architecture and ancient ruins, romantic plazas and golden beaches: Colombia's Caribbean coastline offers relaxation and adventure in equal measure. Dive right in with Moon Cartagena & Colombia's Caribbean Coast.**
Easy-to-use itineraries,...