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Columbus in the Americas
By: Least Heat-Moon, William
Published by: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Based on the logbook of Columbus and numerous other firsthand accounts of his four voyages to the New World, this vividly detailed history also examines the strengths and weaknesses of Columbus as a navigator, explorer, and leader. It recounts dramatic events such as the destruction of Fortress Navidad, the very first European settlement in the New World; a pitched battle in northern Panama with the native Guaymi people; and an agonizing year Columbus and his men spent marooned on a narrow spit of land in southern Jamaica.
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Price: $19.95
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Consuming the Caribbean
By: Sheller, Mimi
Published by: Routledge
Demonstrates how colonial exploitation of the Caribbean led directly to contemporary forms of consumption of the region and its products, aiming to trouble innocent indulgence in the pleasures of thoughtless consumption.
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Price: $53.95
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The Contemporary Caribbean
By: Blouet, Olwyn M
Published by: Reaktion Books
When tourists seek an escape from the worries and dilemmas of everyday life, the crystal blue waters and white sands of the Caribbean islands seem like the answer to a prayer. Yet this idyllic image hides a tumultuous history marked by strife and division over race, political power and economic inequality. Olwyn M. Blouet explores the colourful history of ‘the Caribbean’ over the last 50 years, revealing it to be a region positioned at the heart of some the most prominent geopolitical issues of modern times. Navigating a rich mélange of cultures and histories, Blouet unearths a complex narrative that is frequently overlooked in histories of the Americas. In stark contrast to widely-read guidebooks, this chronicle unflinchingly probes two strikingly different worlds in the Caribbean islands – those of the haves and the have-nots – created by the volatile mixture of colonial politics, racial segregation and economic upheaval. The strategic political relations between Caribbean nations, Cuba in particular, and the world powers during the Cold War; the economic transformations instigated by tourism; and the modernizing efforts of Caribbean nations in order to meet the demands of a globalizing twenty-first-century market are among the numerous issues explored by Blouet in her efforts to redress the historical record’s imbalance. The Contemporary Caribbean also explores the nations’ proud histories in sports such as cricket and baseball, their famed cuisines, and the uneasy balance today between local traditions and the vestiges of colonial influence. An informative and thought-provoking account, The Contemporary Caribbean is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand this flamboyant and diverse, yet troubled part of the world.
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Price: $28.95
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The Coolie Speaks
By: Yun, Lisa
Published by: Temple University Press
A remarkable examination of bondage in Cuba that probes questions of slavery, freedom, and race.
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Price: $24.95
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Creole Transformation from Slavery to Freedom
By: Armstrong, Douglas V.
Published by: University Press of Florida
“With the first study to address the development of a free, mixed-race Caribbean community using historical and archaeological evidence, Armstrong has provided a new direction for research and challenged accepted notions of Caribbean family structure.
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Price: $59.95
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Crossing the Borders
By: Hofman, Corinne (ed.); Hoogland, Menno L.P. (ed.); van Gijn, Annelou L. (ed.)
Published by: The University of Alabama Press
Caribbean scholars on both sides of the Atlantic have increasingly developed and employed different methods and techniques for the study of archaeological materials. This volume describes various methods and techniques in the study of archaeological materials from the Caribbean. It illustrates each of the approaches with a case study.
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Cuba in Revolution
By: Kapcia, Antoni
Published by: Reaktion Books
The recent retirement of Fidel Castro turned the world’s attention towards the island nation of Cuba and the question of what its future holds. Amid the talk and hypothesizing, it is worth taking a moment to consider how Cuba reached this point. Antoni Kapcia provides this with his incisive history of Cuba since 1959. Kapcia’s history takes the Cuban Revolution as its starting point, analysing the process of social revolution, its benefits and disadvantages, popular participation in the revolution and the development of its ideology. Kapcia probes Castro’s rapid rise to national leader, exploring his politics of defence and dissent as well as his contentious relationship with the USA from the beginning of his reign. The book also considers the evolution of the revolution’s international profile and Cuba’s foreign relations over the years, investigating issues and events such as the Bay of Pigs crisis, Cuban relations with Communist nations like Russia and China, and the flight of asylum-seeking Cubans to Florida over the decades. The collapse of the Soviet Union between 1989 and 1991 catalysed a severe economic and political crisis in Cuba, but Cuba was surprisingly resilient in the face of the catastrophe, Kapcia notes, and he examines the strategies adopted by Cuba over the last two decades in order to survive America’s longstanding trade embargo. A fascinating and much-needed examination of a country that has served as an important political symbol and diplomatic enigma for the twentieth century, Cuba in Revolution is a critical primer for all those interested in Cuba’s past – or concerned with its future.
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Cuba's Military 1990-2005
By: Klepak, Hal
Published by: Palgrave Macmillan
Provides an examination of the Cuban military in the context of Cuba's political and economic challenges in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, and therefore of Soviet economic, political and psychological support. This book does so by providing historical and political contexts of the development and engagement of the military.
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Price: $80.00
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