Caribbean & West Indies 37

A detailed look at the 1983 American invasion of Grenada, the largest and most significant US military operation since the end of the Vietnam War. When a hardline Marxist faction overthrew Grenada's……続きを見る

The Caribbean Novel since 1945 offers a comparative analysis of fiction from across the pan-Caribbean, exploring the relationship between literary form, cultural practice, and the nation-state. Enga……続きを見る

En Naufragios, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca relata las peripecias y desventuras de la expedición de Pánfilo de Narváez en busca de la prodigiosa Fuente de la juventud eterna. El grupo zarpó de San Lúc……続きを見る

Las Cartas de Vasco Núñez de Balboa son un testimonio directo de la conquista de Panamá. Núñez de Balboa muestra una prosa encendida y vivaz que transmite el ímpetu del Nuevo Mundo. Nótese que estas……続きを見る

La Florida del Inca es una obra del Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. Relata las aventuras de los expedicionarios españoles en sus viajes por la península de la Florida en Norteamérica. Iban encabezados pr……続きを見る

The recent retirement of Fidel Castro turned the world’s attention towards the island nation of Cuba and the question of what its future holds. Amid the talk and hypothesizing, it is worth taking a ……続きを見る

Les traditions sont des inventions transmises de génération en génération, chez les animaux comme chez les humains. Outils, techniques de chasse ou chants d’oiseaux : le monde animal n’est pas exemp……続きを見る

Ils étaient là bien avant l’accostage des navires. Un peuple insaisissable, disparu presque sans laisser de trace. Lorsque Christophe Colomb pose le pied à Cuba, il rencontre les Taïnos – pacifiques……続きを見る

加勒比海係美洲的「地中海」，島嶼星羅棋布，在碧海青空的襯托下，是二十一世紀的渡假天堂，令旅人不忍離去，令遊子忘記歸鄉。1492年以降，加勒比海歷經列強征服、海盜洗劫、黒奴解放、獨立建國，每一段歷史既驚天……続きを見る

Plongez au cœur de l’âge d’or de la piraterie, à une époque où les Caraïbes étaient le théâtre de batailles sanglantes et de rêves de liberté. À travers les destins entremêlés de figures emblématiqu……続きを見る

"Eric Wiberg's ability, to unearth obscure historical facts, keeps me in a constant state of surprise. I commend his relentless determination to verify every detail, with local sources in Nassau's h……続きを見る

A captivating history of the Afro-Caribbean soldiers who fought for the British Empire in World War I and their transnational campaign for equality Following the outbreak of World War I, tens of tho……続きを見る

The most consequential Caribbean historian of her generation, Bridget Brereton has produced a string of innovative and path-breaking studies that have had a profound influence on the ways we have co……続きを見る

A hugely entertaining social history of the elite and exclusive Caribbean island of St. Barthélemy from the New York Times bestselling author of Model and 740 Park. St. Barthelemy is revered for its……続きを見る

For more than four centuries, enslaved people across the Americas, from the United States and the Caribbean to Mexico and Brazil, fought any way they could to gain their freedom. For the first time,……続きを見る

On 21 October 1983, following the death of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, the leaders of the six small nations forming the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States voted to intervene militarily to r……続きを見る

This book highlights the Church's significant cultural, social, and political presence across the Anglophone Caribbean. Individual authors collectively provide a series of readings of historical and……続きを見る

Eduardo Ibarra y Rodríguez, en «Fernando el Católico y el descubrimiento de América», desafía la visión histórica que atribuye exclusivamente a Isabel la Castilla el mérito del apoyo a Colón. Median……続きを見る

Through the lens of a hitherto unstudied repertoire of Dutch abolitionist theatre productions, Repertoires of Slavery prises open the conflicting ideological functions of antislavery discourse withi……続きを見る

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