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Encyclopedia of Caribbean archaeology
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A sweeping overview of the scholarly information available on archaeology in the Caribbean, tackling the usual questions of colonization, adaptation, and evolution while embracing such newer aspects as geoinformatics and archaeometry.
Too often grouped together, the black radicalism movement has a history wholly separate from the international communist movement of the early twentieth century. In Red International and Black Caribbean Margaret Stevens sets out to correct this enduring misconception. Focusing o…
"This is the first book wholly devoted to assessing the array of links between Scotland and the Caribbean in the later eighteenth century. It uses a wide range of archival sources to paint a detailed picture of the lives of thousands of Scots who sought fortunes and opportunitie…
This book seeks to debunk eleven popular and prevalent myths about Caribbean history. Using archaeological evidence, it corrects many previous misconceptions promulgated by history books and oral tradition as they specifically relate to the pre-Colonial and European-contact peri…
Table of Contents ; Preface ; Kenneth Bilby ; Introduction: Theorizing Music Touristics ; Timothy Rommen ; I. Music, Musicians, and the Mass Tourism Market ; 1. Modern Mento: The Emergence of Native Music in Jamaica Tourism ; Daniel Neely ; 2. Selling Cuba by the Sound: Music an…
"Brings together recent cutting-edge research on the Spanish Caribbean in the sixteenth century, breaking new ground in defining the early Spanish Caribbean as a distinct and interconnected region"--
"In this media history of the Caribbean, Alejandra Bronfman traces how technology, culture, and politics developed in a region that was "wired" earlier and more widely than many other parts of the Americas. Haiti, Cuba, and Jamaica acquired radio and broadcasting in the early st…
Few contemporary intellectuals have attempted to inform theory, the academy and social change as does Lewis Gordon. Following his own path of Fanon, Cesaire and Said, Gordon's work is an urgent call to action that is critical 'in the trying times' in which we find ourselves. In …
"Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies examines the complex revolutionary struggle in Martinique and Guadeloupe from 1789 to 1802. The arrival of tricolor cockades - a badge symbol of the French Revolution - and news from Paris in 1789 undermined the royal gover…
This anthology of queer writing from the Caribbean features work from José Alcántara Almánzar, Aldo Alvarez, Wesley E.A. Crichlow, Pedro de Jesús, Audre Lorde, Shani Mootoo, Anton Nimblett, Colin Robinson, Kevin Everod Quashie, Assotto Saint, and many others.
