Caribbean & West Indies 33

L'impact de l'esclavage à Saint-Domingue et de la révolution qui donna naissance à la première république noire sont au cœur de ce numéro de la Revue du Philanthrope qui prolonge la publication des ……続きを見る

Dans ce récit, que d’aucuns rattachent au genre littéraire de l’audience, Louis-Joseph Janvier brosse, de manière volontairement partisane, un panorama de l’histoire d’Haïti de l’Indépendance à la P……続きを見る

Saint-Barthélemy et Saint-Martin, deux îles sœurs au parcours historique différent, sont évoquées ici à travers une véritable fresque composée de marins, de navires, d’événements de mer au dénouemen……続きを見る

This book deals with the history of the Island of Barbados. 続きを見る

Vers 1930, le quotidien de la Guyane française est dominé par la présence du bagne. Trente ans plus tard, c’est la construction du Centre spatial guyanais qui marque le développement local et condit……続きを見る

Le 8 mai 1902, la « Montagne de feu » a anéanti Saint-Pierre, n’épargnant que deux survivants. Hors de la ville, des centaines d’autres fuyant la fournaise et la cendre. Pris de panique, les Martini……続きを見る

Paul Dhormoys, dans ce récit paru en 1859, nous conte le retour au pays d’un jeune mulâtre ー Hercules Léogane ー qui, à peine débarqué , se trouve confronté au Duc de Jacmel, représentant local de ……続きを見る

Barbados is a very respectable little island, and it makes a great deal of sugar. It is not picturesquely beautiful, as are almost all the other Antilles. But this very absence of scenic beauty has ……続きを見る

Ce livre nous raconte l'histoire de la canne : ses origines orientales, les migrations qui l'ont conduite aux Amériques où est né le rhum, il y a près de quatre siècles. De façon didactique, il nous……続きを見る

À l’occasion du 70e anniversaire de la libération des camps de concentration nazis, la contemporaine-BDIC et l’université Paris Nanterre organisaient en décembre 2015 le premier colloque consacré à ……続きを見る

This book offers a multifaceted understanding of how the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent War on Terror affected the Caribbean. This book dives deeper into how the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent War……続きを見る

For readers of Annette Gordon-Reed and Nikole Hannah-Jones, the shocking untold story of the British royal family’s centuries-long investment in slavery and continued profiting off its legacyーfrom ……続きを見る

The Haitian Revolution began in 1791 in the French colony of Saint Domingue, when a group of slaves rebelled in order to secure their freedom and the end of slavery. In the midst of the French Revol……続きを見る

In 1983, President Reagan's military intervention in Grenada, under the guise of rescuing U.S. citizens, led to a botched operation, exposing political and military missteps. In 1983, Grenada, a sma……続きを見る

Ce volume propose une réflexion collective sur les liens entre les Européens et les Antilles, avec la volonté de multiplier les points d’observation et de dépasser les cadres nationaux. Pour ce fair……続きを見る

In 1718 the British crown in the Bahamas pardoned 209 mariners accused of piracy. In A Pirate's Life No More, Steven C. Hahn explores the lives of these "retired” pirates. While there are a number o……続きを見る

"I am honoured as a Kalinago leader to be part of this wonderful work as it relates to the history of our people," says Irvince Auguiste, former Kalinago Chief. What happened to the indigenous peopl……続きを見る

My Hill and Gully Ride is a powerful, soul-stirring memoir of grit, faith, and the relentless pursuit of dreams. Fred Rose, a barefoot boy from the quiet hills of Blue Gate, Jamaica, charts an extra……続きを見る

Constituée au xviie siècle par l’absorption du tiers d’Hispaniola (ou Santo Domingo), grande Antille auparavant possession espagnole, la « Partie française de l’Isle Saint-Domingue » connut au siècl……続きを見る

Imagining the Tropics is a history of the development of tourism in the Caribbean from the 1910s through the 1970s that focuses on the ways women’s labors of hospitality, writing, and advocacy built……続きを見る

The Haitian Revolution began in 1791 as a slave revolt on the French colonial island of Saint Domingue and ended thirteen years later with the founding of an independent black republic. Waves of Fre……続きを見る

Between 1717 and 1731, the French Company of the Indies (Compagnie des Indes) held a virtual monopoly over Louisiana culture and trade. Among numerous controls, its administrators oversaw the slave ……続きを見る

Early in the twentieth century, the Cuban sugarcane industry faced a labor crisis when Cuban and European workers balked at the inhumane conditions they endured in the cane fields. Rather than refor……続きを見る

In the early nineteenth century the major economic players of the Atlantic trade lanes -- the United States, Brazil, and Cuba -- witnessed explosive commercial growth. Commodities like cotton, coffe……続きを見る

"A most persuasive work that repositions the American debates over emancipation where they clearly belong, in a broader Anglo-Atlantic context." -- Reviews in History While many historians look to i……続きを見る

"Jason M. Colby has researched and analyzed his topicーthe business of empireーwell. He exposes the intertwining of imperialism, expansion, racism, and corporate power. The Business of Empire is an ……続きを見る

At the turn of the twentieth century, Honduras witnessed the expansion of its banana industry and the development of the United Fruit Company and Standard Fruit into multinational corporations with ……続きを見る

French Connections examines how the movement of people, ideas, and social practices contributed to the complex processes and negotiations involved in being and becoming French in North America and t……続きを見る

Who is to blame for the economic and political crisis in Puerto Ricoーthe United States or Puerto Rico? This book provides a fascinating historical perspective on the problem and an unequivocal answ……続きを見る

In 2009, Ignacio Walkerーscholar, politician, and one of Latin America’s leading public intellectualsーpublished La Democracia en América Latina. Now available in English, with a new prologue, and s……続きを見る