For more than four centuries, communities of maroons (men and women who escaped slavery) dotted the fringes of plantation America, from Brazil through the Caribbean to the United States. Today their……続きを見る
In 1983, anthropologist Richard Pace began his fieldwork in the Amazonian community of Gurupá one year after the first few television sets arrived. On a nightly basis, as the community’s electricity……続きを見る
著者:Edward P. Pompeian
出版社: Johns Hopkins University Press
発売日: 2022年04月26日
Why did trade with the United States prolong Spanish colonial rule during the Venezuelan independence struggles?
From 1790 to 1815, much of the Atlantic World was roiled by European imperial wars. W……続きを見る
In "Dutch Guiana," William Gifford Palgrave offers a meticulous exploration of the geography, culture, and society of this intriguing South American region, situated between Brazil and the Caribbean……続きを見る