Caribbean category: 2932 books
by Maarten Roest
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2015
Since the end of the Sandinista revolution, Nicaragua has ceased to make the headlines of world news. But with the construction of a shipping route connecting the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean underway, its chances may be turning.
At the Foot of the Volcano is a rare portrait of Nicaragua...
by Fodor's Travel Guides
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years.
Gorgeous Spanish colonial architecture, uncrowded white-sand beaches, and an insistent salsa beat await intrepid travelers to the Caribbean's largest island, now on the radar of...
by Daniel T. DeMetris
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
ISLAND DREAMS
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create your own special place, from scratch, in a distant country? Perhaps on a remote and idyllic Caribbean island far from the troubles of the modern and hectic world? This is that story, it is a true and exciting chronicle...
by John Bigley, Paris Permenter
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2011
Romance and the Caribbean go hand in hand. How could they not, with sunny days, sultry nights, perfect beaches, tropical splendor, and more fun than could be had in a lifetime? Undecided on which island would best suit you? Your dream vacation awaits in Romantic Escapes in the Virgin Islands, which covers...
by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, Mary Jo Porter
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Description
Dissident Cuban writer, photographer, and pioneering blogger Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo presents a collection of surreal, irony-laden photos and texts from his native city. His “diary of dystopia”—an unexpected fusion of images and words—brings us closer to Havana’s scaffolded...
by KC Nash
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
The continually expanding popularity of Anguilla, especially with the rich and famous, has caught everyone by surprise. After all, at first glance Anguilla looks to be nothing special. Its a long, narrow flat island, 16 miles long by three miles wide, with constant droughts and a notable absence of the...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2010
Latin American Identities After 1980 takes an interdisciplinary approach to Latin American social and cultural identities. With broad regional coverage, and an emphasis on Canadian perspectives, it focuses on Latin American contact with other cultures and nations. Its sound scholarship combines evidence-based...
Sugar and Slaves
The Rise of the Planter Class in the English West Indies, 1624-1713
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
First published by UNC Press in 1972, Sugar and Slaves presents a vivid portrait of English life in the Caribbean more than three centuries ago. Using a host of contemporary primary sources, Richard Dunn traces the development of plantation slave society in the region. He examines sugar production...
A Year in Jamaica
Memoirs of a girl in Arcadia in 1889
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
A Year in Jamaica is a complex memoir telling the story of two simultaneous journeys: Diana Lewes's 1889 trip from England to visit her family's sugar plantations in the Caribbean and, more intriguingly, the internal rite of passage of a Victorian girl on her journey to adulthood. For it is in Jamaica...
Blurred Borders
Transnational Migration between the Hispanic Caribbean and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
In this comprehensive comparative study, Jorge Duany explores how migrants to the United States from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico maintain multiple ties to their countries of origin.
Chronicling these diasporas from the end of World War II to the present, Duany argues that...
by Maible Matrishon
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2013
Have you ever thought about escaping to your own Caribbean island? Maybe dreamt of spending your days in the delicious tropical heat, swimming with sea creatures of every sort? Perhaps imagined eating tasty Caribbean fare and indulging in thick, cold smoothies bursting with flavourful local fruit?...
Tambú
Curaçao's African-Caribbean Ritual and the Politics of Memory
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
As contemporary Tambú music and dance evolved on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, it intertwined sacred and secular, private and public cultural practices, and many traditions from Africa and the New World. As she explores the formal contours of Tambú, Nanette de Jong discovers its variegated history...
Cuba & Jamaica Travel Guide
Attractions, Eating, Drinking, Shopping & Places To Stay
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Cuba makes you feel like you have emerged from a time machine into the Latin America of a bygone age. Classic U.S. motorcars from the 1960s are a common sight on the streets. Fidel Castro’s brand of Soviet communism still survives. Pictures of the revolutionary Che Guevara adorn huge buildings....
The Cuba Reader
History, Culture, Politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2019
Tracking Cuban history from 1492 to the present, The Cuba Reader includes more than one hundred selections that present myriad perspectives on Cuba's history, culture, and politics. The volume foregrounds the experience of Cubans from all walks of life, including slaves, prostitutes, doctors, activists,...