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Antigua and the Antiguans in two volumes presents a full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to modern days. The history of the Antigua island can be traced from Co……続きを見る

Comprehensive travel book focusing on the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Encourages readers to engage deeply with the people, history and culture of the islands 続きを見る

La conquista de América fué una acción a la española. Cada nación imprime a sus actos el sello que fluye de su propia naturaleza, siempre que esa nación tenga la virtud de la originalidad. No sería ……続きを見る

From Miss Lou to Bob Marley and Usain Bolt to Kamala Harris, Jamaica has had an outsized reach in global mainstream culture. Yet many of its most important historical, cultural, and political events……続きを見る

With the largest municipal debt in US history and a major hurricane that destroyed much of the archipelago's infrastructure, Puerto Rico has emerged as a key site for the exploration of neoliberalis……続きを見る

Recently divorced, Dan is still fit and handsome and some might even describe him as having a roguish smile. But after a worrisome medical checkup, and learning that the beloved heritage house he on……続きを見る

The Asante World provides fresh perspectives on the Asante, the largest Akan group in Southern Ghana, and what new scholars are thinking and writing about the "world the Asante made." By employing a……続きを見る

The East Coast of Trinidad. The seaside village of Plaisance, Mayaro. Pulling seine, catching crabs, playing cricket and football on the sand, walks along the beach, looking at the sunrise, swimming……続きを見る

Refreshing and educational narrative history After a life-changing diagnosis, Dutch entrepreneur Jacob Gelt Dekker decides to take a step into the unknown. Setting sail from his home in Key West, he……続きを見る

Este ensayo plantea históricos y actuales debates sobre el Caribe como región. La autora se pregunta por qué la plantación sigue siendo la explicación identitaria predominante. Asimismo, se hace el ……続きを見る

In this thrilling narrative, the reader is introduced to Arnold Josiah Ford - giant of black music; legendary black Jewish Rabbi; stalwart of the Marcus Garvey Movement; heroic "back to Africa" pion……続きを見る

The story of Puerto Rican leader Oscar López Rivera is one of courage, valor, and sacrifice. A decorated Viet Nam veteran and well-respected community activist, López Rivera now holds the distinctio……続きを見る

Winner of the 2021 Haitian Studies Association Book Prize Haiti Fights Back: The Life and Legacy of Charlemagne Péralte is the first US scholarly examination of the politician and caco leader (guerr……続きを見る

Identity is often fraught for multiracial Douglas*,* people of both South Asian and African descent in the Caribbean. In this groundbreaking volume, Sue Ann Barratt and Aleah N. Ranjitsingh explore ……続きを見る

Recipient of the 2021 Honorary Mention for the Haiti Book Prize from the Haitian Studies Association In Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games author Alyssa Goldstein……続きを見る

Welcome to the Bahama Islands history and cuisine! Enjoy a romantic vacation in the Bahamas! But there's another world out there beyond the major tourist destinations just waiting to be discovered: ……続きを見る

Julia Sweig shatters the mythology surrounding the Cuban Revolution in a compelling revisionist history that reconsiders the revolutionary roles of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara and restores to a cen……続きを見る

Plants seldom figure in the grand narratives of war, peace, or even everyday life yet they are often at the center of high intrigue. In the eighteenth century, epic scientific voyages were sponsored……続きを見る

Rebecca's Revival is the remarkable story of a Caribbean woman--a slave turned evangelist--who helped inspire the rise of black Christianity in the Atlantic world. All but unknown today, Rebecca Pro……続きを見る

Between 1640 and 1660, England, Scotland, and Ireland faced civil war, invasion, religious radicalism, parliamentary rule, and the restoration of the monarchy. Carla Gardina Pestana offers a sweepin……続きを見る

How colonial categories of race and religion together created identities and hierarchies that today are vehicles for multicultural nationalism and social critique in the Caribbean and its diasporas.……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 untold story of the founding father’s likely Jewish birth and upbringingーand its revolutionary consequences for understanding him and the nation he fought to create In The Jewish World of Alexa……続きを見る

Shay was fresh out of high school and decided to move into the city to attend university. She met an irresistible young man and was encouraged to pursue the relationship. Can Shay leave the broken p……続きを見る

The Uncanny Adventures of Tom Fallon continues in Black Iron 2: The Thief, The Rogue, and the Mad Inventor. Eleven-year-old Tom Fallon is alone. On an island. With no escape. His only possession is ……続きを見る

Contributions by Herman Dijo, J. Ketwaru, Guilly Koster, Lou Lichtveld, Pondo O’Bryan, and Marcel Weltak When Marcel Weltak’s Surinamese Music in the Netherlands and Suriname was published in Dutch ……続きを見る

Winner of the 2022 Chicago Folklore Prize For many, December 26 is more than the day after Christmas. Boxing Day is one of the world’s most celebrated cultural holidays. As a legacy of British colon……続きを見る

La última de las guerras civiles colombianas, con la que se cerró el siglo XIX e inició el XX, la más larga y sangrienta de todas, arrastró en su vorágine de destrucción y muerte a los liberales y a……続きを見る

In Nature's Wild, Andil Gosine engages with questions of humanism, queer theory, and animality to examine and revise understandings of queer desire in the Caribbean. Surveying colonial law, visual a……続きを見る

A World Transformed explores how slavery thrived at the heart of the entire Western world for more than three centuries. Arguing that slavery can only be fully understood by stepping back from tradi……続きを見る