The Modern Caribbean - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807842400 ISBN 13: 9780807842409

Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press, 1989

Inhaltsangabe

This collection of thirteen original essays by experts in the field of Caribbean studies clarifies the diverse elements that have shaped the modern Caribbean. Through an interdisciplinary examination of the complexities of race, politics, language, and environment that mark the region, the authors offer readers a thorough understanding of the Caribbean's history and culture. The essays also comment thoughtfully on the problems that confront the Caribbean in today's world. The essays focus on the Caribbean island and the mainland enclaves of Belize and the Guianas. Topics examined include the Haitian Revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; labor and society in the nineteenth-century Caribbean; society and culture in the British and French West Indies since 1870; identity, race, and black power in Jamaica; the "February Revolution" of 1970 in Trinidad; contemporary Puerto Rico; politics, economy, and society in twentieth-century Cuba; Spanish Caribbean politics and nationalism in the nineteenth century; Caribbean migrations; economic history of the British Caribbean; international relations; and nationalism, nation, and ideology in the evolution of Caribbean literature. The authors trace the historical roots of current Caribbean difficulties and analyze these problems in the light of economic, political, and social developments. Additionally, they explore these conditions in relation to United States interests and project what may lie ahead for the region. The challenges currently facing the Caribbean, note the editors, impose a heavy burden upon political leaders who must struggle "to eliminate the tensions when the people are so poor and their expectations so great." The contributors are Herman L. Bennett, Bridget Brereton, David Geggus, Franklin W. Knight, Anthony P. Maingot, Jay R. Mandle, Roberto Márquez, Teresita Martínez Vergne, Colin A. Palmer, Bonham C. Richardson, Franciso A. Scarano, and Blanca G. Silvestrini.

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Franklin W. Knight is Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Professor of History at The Johns Hopkins University.|Colin A. Palmer is Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University.

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This collection of thirteen essays by experts in the field of Caribbean studies clarifies the diverse elements that have shaped the modern Caribbean. The essays also comment thoughtfully on the problems that confront the Caribbean in today's world.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1989
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0807842400
• ISBN 13: 9780807842409
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 396
• Herausgeber: Knight Franklin W.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Deutschland