Caribbean & West Indies 37

A new interpretation of captivity, human trafficking, and colonization in the seventeenth-century Caribbean A century before the height of the Atlantic slave trade, early modern racialized slavery e……続きを見る

Futuring Black Lives is a historical ethnography examining Black institution builders in the late 1960s and early 1970s and their work to leverage the power of publications and the literary imaginat……続きを見る

Underneath picturesque views of palm trees, fruity cocktails in hotel lounges, and day trips to preserved colonial zones lies a history of tourism design that intersects with larger projects of deve……続きを見る

A groundbreaking exploration of postwar Caribbean migration to Britain, Oceans of Feeling offers the first historical analysis of this defining moment in modern British history using the tools, meth……続きを見る

In the turbulent centuries of empire, the Caribbean was not merely a battlefield of nations; it was the beating heart of a global underground. Pirates of Empire reveals how smugglers, privateers, an……続きを見る

Conexiones libreras propone una mirada a la historia de los intercambios culturales en América Latina que se aleja de la nomenclatura letrada para privilegiar a las personas y a los lugares que hici……続きを見る

In 1804, Haiti made history. Emerging from one of the most brutal systems of slavery the world had ever known, the Haitian people rose in defiance and triumph. Against Napoleon’s mighty army, they d……続きを見る

Dancehall: it's simultaneously a source of raucous energy in the streets of Kingston, Jamaica; a way of life for a group of professional artists and music professionals; and a force of stability and……続きを見る

Out of a slave rebellion, Haiti was forged as an independent nation. This fact, in and of itself, should have been enough to perpetuate an image of Haitians as strong and agentive people. But leader……続きを見る

The Wreck of the Santa Maria is the gripping true story of one man's decades-long quest to solve one of history's greatest maritime mysteries: the final resting place of Christopher Columbus's flags……続きを見る

Making a living in the Caribbean requires resourcefulness and even a willingness to circumvent the law. Women of color in Jamaica encounter bureaucratic mazes, neighborhood territoriality, and ingra……続きを見る

Historical works about Cuba generally begin the period of study with Fidel Castro’s rise to power. However, although that event is a key moment in the country’s history, understanding the island’s p……続きを見る

In the dawn of the new African Millennium, the Rastafari movement has achieved unheralded growth and visibility since its inception more than eighty years ago. Moving beyond a pure spiritual movemen……続きを見る

A revelatory account of Black Atlantic political thought in the era of decolonization, revealing how West African and Caribbean newspapers invigorated debates about imperialism, capitalism, and Blac……続きを見る

Descubra os segredos ocultos da terra onde o ouro verde transformou o mundo! "Brazil, the Land of Rubber" é uma viagem fascinante ao coração da Amazônia, onde a borracha não é apenas uma mercadoria,……続きを見る

Descubra os segredos ocultos das ilhas que o tempo quase esqueceu! "Histórias das Ilhas: Reminiscências dos Açores e da Madeira" de Maximiliano de Azevedo é uma viagem literária que transporta o lei……続きを見る

‘In Caribe, Sakarah has lovingly created a book to cook from, to learn from, and to savour.’ - DR JESSICA B. HARRIS, historian and author of High on the Hog (now a Netflix docuseries) ‘A rich and tr……続きを見る

Hurricanes created unique challenges for the colonists in the British Greater Caribbean during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. These storms were entirely new to European settlers and quick……続きを見る

First published posthumously in 1986, ‘Message to the People’ captures the bold vision and enduring voice of Marcus Garvey, a pioneering leader of the Pan-African movement. Originally presented as p……続きを見る

The 1933 North Atlantic hurricane season is the most active season on record in terms of Accumulated Cyclone Energy with a total of 259. It also set a record for the number of named tropical cyclone……続きを見る

Douze fascinantes histoires d’îles perdues, sur lesquelles vivent quelques centaines d’habitants. Ces mondes lilliputiens, loin d’être anecdotiques, sont des avatars du nôtre, accablé aujourd’hui pa……続きを見る

La biografía definitiva de Hernán Cortés, el héroe extremeño que conquistó México para España en 1519. Esta obra maestra de Onofre Peligro Valle revive la figura legendaria del capitán nacido en Med……続きを見る

« La Guadeloupe est à nous, la Guadeloupe n’est pas à eux, nous ne les laisserons pas faire ce qu’ils veulent dans notre pays. » Lors de la grève qui a paralysé la Guadeloupe début 2009, cet hymne f……続きを見る

Charles Winstone's letter book offers a rich first-hand account of Caribbean history during the American Revolution, the French invasion, and the occupation of Dominica. The American Revolution and ……続きを見る

La novela relata la expedición de Pánfilo de Narváez hacia La Florida y la increíble deriva vital de Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, quien parte como tesorero y alguacil mayor con aspiraciones de gloria……続きを見る

Esta obra relata la épica historia de la conquista del Perú por Francisco Pizarro, desde los humildes orígenes del conquistador hasta la captura del inca Atahualpa y el legendary tesoro que transfor……続きを見る

A richly detailed transoceanic history of the early French Empire, illuminating how it became bound by a common legal culture of raceーas well as how enslaved and free people critically shaped the d……続きを見る

Het is dat zijn vrouw het zo graag wilde, anders was hij tien jaar geleden echt niet naar Suriname gegaan. Wat had freelance journalist Diederik Samwel daar te zoeken? De stroperige hitte, de geniep……続きを見る

Dit twee eeuwen omspannende verhaal is Roline Redmonds indrukwekkende kroniek van haar eigen tot slaven gemaakte familie. Dat verhaal ontvouwt zich als een intercontinentale odyssee langs getuigen e……続きを見る

Een beschrijving van brughoofden en onoverbrugbare elementen tussen vroeger en nu, tussen Nederlanders en Antillianen. Herinneringen aan Curaçao in de periode 1950 - 1970. Episodes opgehaald tijdens……続きを見る