Caribbean & West Indies 29

"An excellent case study of a little-studied and poorly known community experiencing the processes of identity formation and culture change."--Brent R. Weisman, University of South Florida This is t……続きを見る

Tennyson S. D. Joseph builds upon current research on the anticolonial and nationalist experience in the Caribbean. He explores the impact of global transformation upon the independent experience of……続きを見る

Este libro analiza uno de los temas fascinantes de la historiografía de los últimos años, el de la dominación y confrontación imperial en el Caribe. Examina, desde diversas aristas y escenarios terr……続きを見る

"Si Kancil von Batavia - Das Band der Freundschaft" erzählt die Geschichte eines Straßenkindes aus Batavia und einer verkauften Sklavin, die eine unerschütterliche Freundschaft verbindet. Gemeinsam ……続きを見る

In Matria Redux: Caribbean Women Novelize the Past, author Tegan Zimmerman contends that there is a need for reading Caribbean women’s texts relationally. This comprehensive study argues that the wr……続きを見る

Qué lindo es toparse con libros como éste, donde la historia nos revela tanto sobre nuestra cultura y nuestra cocina. La búsqueda de Andrea en este libro se convierte en una especie de archivo histó……続きを見る

This book historicises and analyses the increasing incidence of xenophobia and nativism in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. It examines how xenophobia and nativism impact the political cohe……続きを見る

Exam board: SQA Level: National 4 & 5 Subject: History First teaching: September 2017 First assessment: Summer 2018 Fresh stories, fresh scholarship and a fresh structure. Connecting History informs……続きを見る

A powerful biography shining a light on the incredible forgotten legacy of the BBC’s first Black female broadcaster The forgotten legacy of an icon, brought to light for the first time. Una Marson w……続きを見る

Plantations, especially sugar plantations, created slave societies and a racism persisting well into post-slavery periods: so runs a familiar argument that has been used to explain the sweep of Cari……続きを見る

A tale based on a true story as told to the author by the Prince her father. At times funny and heartbreaking a beautiful tale interwoven with travel between cultures,continents and colour . A Moder……続きを見る

A Spanish friar documents the brutal treatment of Caribbean natives at the hands of colonial authorities in the sixteenth century. After traveling to the New World, Dominican friar Bartolomé de Las ……続きを見る

A history of Sephardic Jews in the New World, involving intrigue, horror, defeat, survival, and victory over the Spanish Inquisition. At the end of the fifteenth century, the Spanish Inquisition for……続きを見る

An American Rastafarian “offers a vibrant examination of American and African history with an anti-colonial patina . . . engaging” (Kirkus Reviews). Revolutionary Threads offers an American Rasta’s ……続きを見る

The first comparative history of European settlers’ trading, pirating, and colonizing activities in the Caribbean. Brimming with new perspectives and cutting-edge research, the essays collected in T……続きを見る

A historian presents “an excellent guide to how pirates became the outlaw celebrities of the high seas” (Greg Jenner, host of the You’re Dead to Me podcast). During his life and even after his death……続きを見る

A history and analysis of European colonizers’ relationship with and literary depiction of the aborigines of the Lesser Antilles. Philip Boucher analyzes the imagesーand the realitiesーof European r……続きを見る

“Every war brings forth one perfect book. . . . Now we have The Immaculate Invasion, the masterpiece of the 1994 US assault on and occupation of Haiti.” ーChicago Tribune Widely celebrated upon its ……続きを見る

“Seldom-told tales of the ‘lively and unusual cast of historic figures’ who helped shape the Florida Keys from the 1820s through the 1960s.”ーKeys News The Florida Keys have witnessed all kinds of h……続きを見る

The celebrated poet behind such classics as “The Red Wheelbarrow” and “This Is Just to Say” presents a collection of essays about North American history. In the American Grain is, as William Carlos ……続きを見る

An “illuminating” survey of Caribbean history from pre-Columbian times to the twenty-first century (Los Angeles Times). Combining fertile soils, vital trade routes, and a coveted strategic location,……続きを見る

Twelve authors shed new light on the true history and enduring mythology of seventeenth– and eighteenth–century pirates in this anthology of scholarly essays. The twelve entries in The Golden Age of……続きを見る

As contemporary Tambú music and dance evolved on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, it intertwined sacred and secular, private and public cultural practices, and many traditions from Africa and the Ne……続きを見る

The true story of a horrifying natural disasterーand the corruption that made it worseーby the New York Times–bestselling authors of Voyage of the Damned. In late April 1902, Mount Pelée, a volcano ……続きを見る

This maritime history recounts the exploits of sixteenth century English privateers in conflict with the Spanish Empire. The Sea Dogs were seafaring merchants who originally traded mainly with Holla……続きを見る

“An important addition to the literature on Caribbean history and colonial societies in the 17th century.” ーChoice Traditionally, the story of the Greater Caribbean has been dominated by the narrat……続きを見る

“All the ingredients to become the next important book in the field of postcolonial studies with the emphasis on French Caribbean culture and literature.”ーDaniel Desormeaux, University of Chicago I……続きを見る

Difficult Reading offers a new approach to formal experimentation in Caribbean literature. In this insightful study, Jason Marley demonstrates how the aggressive, antagonistic elements common to the……続きを見る

This book addresses the unique and profound indeterminacy of “Creole,” a label applied to white, black, and mixed-race persons born in French colonies during the nineteenth century. "Creole” implies……続きを見る

**“**During the Second World War nearly 500 Black Caribbean volunteers served with the RAF . . . This valuable work looks at their experiences.”ーHistoryOfWar The heroic exploits of the Caribbean me……続きを見る