Caribbean category: 2932 books
by Hourly History
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
The Haitian Revolution began in 1791 in the French colony of Saint Domingue, when a group of slaves rebelled in order to secure their freedom and the end of slavery. In the midst of the French Revolution, slaves took advantage of volatile political, racial, and social circumstances.
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by Captivating History
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2017
The revolutions of the late 18th century and early 19th century were fought all over the western world. From America to France to Saint-Domingue, all of the revolutionaries sought the same thing—independence from tyranny. However, the tyranny confronted by the different revolutionaries was different....
by Marcus Rainsford
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
As the first complete narrative in English of the Haitian Revolution, Marcus Rainsford's An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti was highly influential in establishing nineteenth-century world opinion of this momentous event. This new edition is the first to appear since the original publication...
The Spirits and the Law
Vodou and Power in Haiti
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Vodou has often served as a scapegoat for Haiti’s problems, from political upheavals to natural disasters. This tradition of scapegoating stretches back to the nation’s founding and forms part of a contest over the legitimacy of the religion, both beyond and within Haiti’s borders. The Spirits...
Colombia - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Colombia is a magical country, full of spectacular varied landscapes, rare ecosystems, succulent tropical fruits, salsa and cumbia music, and kind, fun-loving people. The modern culture is a synthesis of Spanish, indigenous, and African traditions, evident in the music, the food, and Barranquilla's...
The Costa Rica No One Talks About
Politically Incorrect Facts And Information About Pura Vida From A Long Time Resident Of Costa Rica
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
What is The Costa Rica No One Talks About?
The Costa Rica No One Talks About is NOT about trying to sell you Costa Rica or depicting Costa Rica as an idyllic place—there are multiple websites and sources of information that are happily already doing that.
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Brazil - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
For many people Brazil conjures up images of football, Carnaval and fine coffee, but it is much more than beaches and bossa nova. If you could choose only one word to describe Brazil, it would be diversity. The variety of racial types, lifestyles, wealth, landscape and climate is enormous. Jeitinho...
Offshore Vegas
How the Mob <Br>Brought Revolution to Cuba
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2007
Most people have heard of Fidel Castro, but what was Cuba like before Castro? Who was Fulgencio Batista? How did he gain control of the country and why did he need to be replaced? What created the conditions under which someone like Castro was able to gain ? and maintain the support of the people?
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Capitalism, God, and a Good Cigar
Cuba Enters the Twenty-first Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2005
When the Soviet Union dissolved, so did the easy credit, cheap oil, and subsidies it had provided to Cuba. The bottom fell out of the Cuban economy, and many expected that Castro’s revolution—the one that had inspired the Left throughout Latin America and elsewhere—would soon be gone as well....
Masters of War
Latin America and U.S. Agression From the Cuban Revolution Through the Clinton Years
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
In Masters of War, Clara Nieto adeptly presents the parallel histories of the countries of Latin America, histories that are intertwined, each reflecting the United States’ "coherent policy of intervention" set into motion by the Monroe Doctrine. As the value of this continued policy comes...
by Bartolomé de las Casas
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019
La Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias es un libro escrito por el dominico español Bartolomé de las Casas a mediados del siglo XVI. Como su nombre indica, se trata de un texto en el que el fraile se propone denunciar los destructivos efectos que tuvo para los pueblos indígenas...
by Bartolome de las Casas
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2015
The Reverend Author of this Compendious Summary was Bartholomaeus de las Casas alias Casaus, a Pious and Religeous person, (as appears by his zealous Transports in this Narrative for promotion of the Christian Faith) elevated from a Frier of the Dominican Order to sit in the Episcopal Chair, who was...
Visions of Power in Cuba
Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959-1971
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
In the tumultuous first decade of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro and other leaders saturated the media with altruistic images of themselves in a campaign to win the hearts of Cuba's six million citizens. In Visions of Power in Cuba, Lillian Guerra argues that these visual representations explained...
The Revolution Is for the Children
The Politics of Childhood in Havana and Miami, 1959-1962
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Since 1959, the Cuban revolutionary government has proudly proclaimed that "the revolution is for the children." Many Cuban Americans reject this claim, asserting that they chose exile in the United States to protect their children from the evils of "Castro-communism." Anita Casavantes...