Celebrates the African cultural heritage of Caribbean islands and countries, examining the economy, history, religion, music, literature, arts, and daily lives of each area's inhabitants.
"This book is about the attempt, during the age of revolutions, to establish new independent republics around the greater Caribbean; the people out to establish these new republics were former solders, not the typical elites; they considered themselves revolutionaries. The quest…
Caribbean farmers from a regional perspective -- Pre-Columbian subsistence practices in the Caribbean as seen through the lens of historical ecology / Scott M. Fitzpatrick -- Humanizing the landscapes of the Lesser Antilles during the Archaic Age / Peter E. Siegel, John G. Jones…
"Caribbean Food Cultures" approaches the matter of food from the perspectives of anthropology, sociology, cultural and literary studies. Its strong interdisciplinary focus provides new insights into symbolic and material food practices beyond eating, drinking, cooking, or etique…