C - Caribbean & West Indies 1

Borderline Citizens explores the intersection of U.S. colonial power and Puerto Rican migration. Robert C. McGreevey examines a series of confrontations in the early decades of the twentieth century……続きを見る

Unpacked offers a critical, novel perspective on the Caribbean's now taken-for-granted desirability as a tourist's paradise. Dreams of a tropical vacation have become a quintessential aspect of the ……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

Due to its location in the western North Atlantic between the Carolinas, Halifax in Canada and Jamaica in the West Indies, the island of Bermuda was a key naval haven for the Royal Navy over the cen……続きを見る

**A powerful and impassioned historical account of the largest successful revolt by enslaved people in history: the Haitian Revolution of 1791–1803 “One of the seminal texts about the history of sla……続きを見る

Over the course of the twentieth century, campaigns to increase access to modern birth control methods spread across the globe and fundamentally altered the way people thought about and mobilized ar……続きを見る

The book is about all the islands of the Caribbean, presented from a very promotional perspective, commencing with the first adventures of Columbus five hundred years ago, through colonialisation an……続きを見る

2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title The Caribbean has long been a key area for empires warring over influence spheres, and where migration waves from Africa, Europe, and Asia accompanied every po……続きを見る

The only novel from the world-renowned writer C.L.R. James - this extraordinary, big-hearted exploration of class was the first novel by a black West Indian to be published in the UK 'A novel writte……続きを見る

The popularity and profile of African dance have exploded across the African diaspora in the last fifty years. Hot Feet and Social Change presents traditionalists, neo-traditionalists, and contempor……続きを見る

Unlike the earthquakes and hurricanes that have influenced Caribbean history, the region’s fires have almost always been caused by humans. Geographer Bonham C. Richardson explores the effects of fir……続きを見る

First book-length archaeological study of a nonelite white population on a Caribbean plantation Archaeology below the Cliff: Race, Class, and Redlegs in Barbadian Sugar Society is the first archaeol……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

In "Captain William Kidd and Others of the Buccaneers," John S. C. Abbott provides a captivating exploration of the enigmatic figures who roamed the high seas during the Golden Age of Piracy. Abbott……続きを見る

As the society, culture, and political realities of a region change, new exploration of the history and current facts are necessary. Caribbean Enigma explores each individual major island and countr……続きを見る

Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 Years of Success highlights inventors of color from over seventy countries and five continents. This book took over twenty years to research and documents black in……続きを見る

This study explores the early Spanish attempts to colonize present day Belize and identifies many of the problems Spain encountered.続きを見る

In the immediate post Emancipation period, and continuing into the early twentieth century, there was little tolerance and outright opposition to any enfranchisement of the black and coloured workin……続きを見る

'James is a titan of twentieth-century politics and culture' Sunday Times **'The Black Jacobins is not only a groundbreaking historical work; it is a masterpiece in storytelling and analysis' Gary Y……続きを見る

The Life of Captain Cipriani (1932) is the earliest full-length work of nonfiction by the Trinidadian writer C. L. R. James, one of the most significant historians and Marxist theorists of the twent……続きを見る

The book is divided into two broad sections: In Slavery and Freedom, which features critical research on slavery and post-emancipation society, and Gender Paradigms.続きを見る

First Published in 1968. This is Volume I of three of the chronological history of the West Indies and is a register of events relating to the West Indies, arranged in the only manner suited to the ……続きを見る

In 1962, amidst the Cuban Revolution, Third World decolonization, and the African American freedom movement, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago became the first British West Indian colonies to gain ind……続きを見る

This work is a collection of selected essays which illustrate the historical and continuing efforts in the various spheres of human endeavour in the Caribbean,including culture, education, language,……続きを見る

Musical Life in Guyana is the first in-depth study of Guyanese musical life. It is also a richly detailed description of the social, economic, and political conditions that have encouraged and somet……続きを見る

This comprehensive study of the historical archaeology of the Caribbean provides sociopolitical context for the ongoing development of national identities. Long before the founding of Jamestown in 1……続きを見る