Caribbean category: 2932 books
Governing Spirits
Religion, Miracles, and Spectacles in Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1898-1956
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
Freedom of religion did not come easily to Cuba or Puerto Rico. Only after the arrival of American troops during the Spanish-American War were non-Catholics permitted to practice their religions openly and to proselytize. When government efforts to ensure freedom of worship began, reformers on both...
by Ernst Etienne
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
With a vibrant, intelligent and enterprising population, Haiti is a unique country with a rich history. Indeed, it was called the Pearl of the Antilles and it is the first independent republic of coloured people in modern times. However, Haiti has experienced significant decline since its early days....
The War of 1898
The United States and Cuba in History and Historiography
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
A century after the Cuban war for independence was fought, Louis Perez examines the meaning of the war of 1898 as represented in one hundred years of American historical writing. Offering both a critique of the conventional historiography and an alternate history of the war informed by Cuban sources,...
The Great Game in Cuba
CIA and the Cuban Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Joan Mellen tells a brilliantly researched, meticulously supported, and compulsively readable tale that everyone concerned with how America operates should know.” -Samuel R. Delany, author of Dhalgren and Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders
This completely revised and newly updated...
On Becoming Cuban
Identity, Nationality, and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
With this masterful work, Louis A. Perez Jr. transforms the way we view Cuba and its relationship with the United States. On Becoming Cuban is a sweeping cultural history of the sustained encounter between the peoples of the two countries and of the ways that this encounter helped shape Cubans' identity,...
by Oliver Sacks
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Since childhood, Oliver Sacks has been fascinated by ferns: an ancient class of plants able to survive and adapt in many climates. Along with a delightful group of fellow fern aficionados—mathematicians, poets, artists, and assorted botanists and birders—he embarks on an exploration of Southern...
The Old Patagonian Express
By Train Through the Americas
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station in Boston to catch the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux winds up on the poky, wandering Old Patagonian Express steam engine, which comes to a halt in a desolate land of cracked hills and thorn bushes. But with Theroux the view along the...
CultureShock! Ecuador
A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
CultureShock! Ecuador is a must for anyone wishing to visit or settle in Ecuador. Packed with essential information, resource guides and language tips, this book covers every practicality, and provides an in-depth understanding of the people and culture of this diverse country which is also known for...
Colombia
A Rosen-Cooney Travel Story—No Passports Required: Bogota, the Coffee Zone, Cartagena, and Tayrona National Park
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
The country of Colombia, emerging from the fog of its violent past, has been shedding its reputation as a dangerous place. For travel, it is still a little on the edge, with many of the countrys sites as yet undiscovered by tourists. In this travelogue, author Alexandra Rosen shares her experiences...
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Honduras Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....
by Joanie Sanchez
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
South of Veracruz looms the state of Oaxaca. Highway 17 from Veracruz pushes right into its northern half, unmindful of the mountains that rise up, the vegetation that looms closer and greener, or the wildlife that diversifies and multiplies, as the population thins out. Oaxaca's northern half is wild...
by John Dos Passos
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
John Dos Passos, the distinguished American novelist and historian has been personally interested in Brazil for the last fifteen years. He first visited the country in 1948, and returned again in 1956 and 1962. This book, which is based on his experiences in Brazil, presents the people and landscapes...
Eight Feet in the Andes
Travels with a Mule in Unknown Peru
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2016
Traveller Dervla Murphy and her nine-year-old daughter Rachel, accompanied by an endearing mule named Juana, clambered the length of Peru with only the most basic supplies to sustain them, spending most of their time above 10,000 feet. Their gruelling journey was marked by discomfort and danger, though...
CutlureShock! Argentina
A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
CultureShock! Argentina brings you more than a few steps closer to the country, the people and the culture. Most importantly, it is your survival guide to living there. Argentina is more than just footballer Diego Maradona or beautiful Buenos Aires which is often featured in travel brochures and magazines....