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Montserrat is a small island in the Leeward islands of the eastern Caribbean and at present a British Overseas Territory. It has suffered greatly in recent times, first from the devastations of Hurr……続きを見る

In "The English in the West Indies; Or, The Bow of Ulysses," James Anthony Froude embarks on a profound exploration of British colonialism in the Caribbean during the 19th century. Employing a blend……続きを見る

In "Journal of a West India Proprietor," M. G. Lewis offers a compelling and vivid chronicle of his experiences managing a sugar plantation in the Caribbean during the early 19th century. The text i……続きを見る

During the masquerades common during carnival time, jumbies (ghosts or ancestral spirits) are set free to roam the streets of Caribbean nations, turning the world topsy-turvy. Modern carnivals, whic……続きを見る

'Engrossing and powerful . . . rich and thought-provoking' Fara Dabhoiwala, Guardian 'Path-breaking . . . a major rewriting of history' Mihir Bose, Irish Times 'Slave Empire is lucid, elegant and fo……続きを見る

In "The History of the First West India Regiment," A. B. Ellis meticulously chronicles the formation, experiences, and legacy of one of the British Army's most significant colonial regiments. This h……続きを見る

The Panama Canal has a long history. It was build to accommodate trade and the economic growth within the region. This history book will discuss the architecture, purpose and design of Panama Canal.……続きを見る

Outspoken, accomplished, and frequently controversial, Bermudian physician and political leader Ewart Brown, MD, has been a longtime champion of racial equality, human rights, and economic and socia……続きを見る

The effect of Saint Domingue's decolonization on the wider Atlantic world The slave revolution that two hundred years ago created the state of Haiti alarmed and excited public opinion on both sides ……続きを見る

In "Sechs Jahre in Surinam" schildert August Kappler eindrucksvoll seine Erlebnisse und Beobachtungen während seines Aufenthalts in der tropischen Kolonie Surinam. Der Autor verwendet einen klaren, ……続きを見る

Narrar el Caribe es producto del trabajo de un grupo de investigadores que se ha formado y consolidado en el marco del proyecto de investigación El Caribe. Visiones Históricas de la Región. Ha sido ……続きを見る

Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner of the Elsa Goveia Book Prize Winner of the James A. Rawley Prize in the History of Race Relations Winner o……続きを見る

“The History of Mary Prince - A West Indian Slave” is a 1831 autobiography of Mary Prince (1788–1833), a British abolitionist and autobiographer. Born in Bermuda to a family of African slaves, she m……続きを見る

In "History of the Buccaneers of America," James Burney presents a meticulous chronicle of the notorious buccaneers who roamed the Caribbean during the late 17th century. Written with a keen eye for……続きを見る

In "The History of the Island of Dominica," Thomas Atwood meticulously chronicles the island's rich cultural tapestry, geographical splendor, and tumultuous past. Atwood employs a compelling narrati……続きを見る

R. A. Van Middeldyk's "The History of Puerto Rico" is an exhaustive scholarly work that explores the multifaceted narrative of Puerto Rico from its indigenous roots to contemporary society. Employin……続きを見る

Honorable Mention, 2022 MLA Prize for a First Book Far from Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean is the first academic work on Muslims in the English-speaking Caribbean. Khan focuses on the ficti……続きを見る

Long before the English became involved in the African slave trade, they imagined Africans as monstrous and deformed beings. The English drew on pre-existing European ideas about monstrosity and def……続きを見る

For over forty years, professor and culinary historian Jessica B. Harris has collected postcards depicting Africans and their descendants in the American diaspora. They are presented for the first t……続きを見る

In The Chinese Atlantic, Sean Metzger charts processes of global circulation across and beyond the Atlantic, exploring how seascapes generate new understandings of Chinese migration, financial netwo……続きを見る

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award “Impeccably researched and seductively readable…tells the story of Sam Sharpe’s revolution manqué, and the subsequent abolition of slavery in Jamaica……続きを見る

After the death of her American husband, Josephine Myers Blakely has moved back to Jamaica, the land of her birth. Married at nineteen and widowed at forty, Jo is adrift in a sea of grief. Then a ch……続きを見る

The image of the Caribbean figure has been reconfigured by photography from the mid-19th century onwards. Initial images associated with the slave and indentured worker from the locations and legaci……続きを見る

Jamaica Ladies is the first systematic study of the free and freed women of European, Euro-African, and African descent who perpetuated chattel slavery and reaped its profits in the British Empire. ……続きを見る

The story of the anti-slavery movement in Ireland is little known, yet when Frederick Douglass visited the country in 1845, he described Irish abolitionists as the most ‘ardent’ that he had ever enc……続きを見る

An in-depth look at the Portuguese Jews of Jamaica and their connections to broader European and Atlantic trade networks Based on last wills and testaments composed by Jamaican Jews between 1673 and……続きを見る

In a sweeping account, Atlantic Wars explores how warfare shaped the experiences of the peoples living in the watershed of the Atlantic Ocean between the late Middle Ages and the Age of Revolution. ……続きを見る

A crucial, clear-eyed accounting of Puerto Rico's 122 years as a colony of the US. Since its acquisition by the US in 1898, Puerto Rico has served as a testing ground for the most aggressive and exp……続きを見る

"La poderosa e inédita historia de la revolución de 1950 en Puerto Rico y la larga historia de la intervención estadounidense en la isla, que el New York Times dice "no podría ser más oportuna." En ……続きを見る

The groundbreaking history of the Atlantic slave trade, winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize, the Frederick Douglass Book Prize, and the J. Russell Major Prize. In The Diligent, acclaimed histori……続きを見る