Caribbean category: 2932 books

Beginning in the early nineteenth century, Cubans migrated to New York City to organize and protest against Spanish colonial rule. While revolutionary wars raged in Cuba, expatriates envisioned, dissected, and redefined meanings of independence and nationhood. An underlying element was the concept...

This book explores the abolition of African slavery in Spanish Cuba from 1817 to 1886—from the first Anglo-Spanish agreement to abolish the slave trade until the removal from Cuba of the last vestige of black servitude. Making extensive use of heretofore untapped research sources from the Spanish archives,...

Lima (Peru) 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....

The face of RTÉ’s No Frontiers, Kathryn Thomas is Ireland’s best-known globetrotter. Stepping off the beaten track, here she travels to such exotic locations as Antarctica, Papua New Guinea, Ethiopia, Mali, Venezuela, Outback Australia and the Himalayas. Kathryn’s encounters with these...

In this publication, interested individuals can find a comprehensive collection of photo essays on the multi-faceted celebration of All Souls Day in Mexico.  Award-winning Photojournalist Mary J. Andrade has published the third of a five-part bilingual series of books titled: “Through the...

With information on travel, business opportunities, cost of living, medical care, culture, climate and more, this book will define exciting and different options for retirement.

In the fall of 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union came as close as they ever would to global nuclear war. Hoping to correct what he saw as a strategic imbalance with the United States, Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev began secretly deploying medium range ballistic missiles (MRBM) and...

In 2007 Rowley decided to backpack around the World for over a year. The mission: to inject some change and new experiences into his dull and predictable life. This is a light-hearted and humorous travel diary of his time in the USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá,...

This book is aimed at companies experienced in overseas trade which are new to doing business with Mexico. You may be an exporter looking to sell directly to Mexican customers or through an agent or distributor in that country. Alternatively, you may be planning to set up a representative office,...

Learn everything you need to about the Republic of Venezuela! The Key Facts on Venezuela provides readers with essential statistical and business information on the South American country, including:   -Background of Venezuela -Geography of Venezuela -People and...

The second-largest country in South America, Argentina has been through great changes in recent years. Its journey from dictatorship to democracy has left many scars, but these are largely eclipsed by the pride and resilience of the Argentinian people, who have developed a style, a language, and a...

Based on six-years of frustratedly ill-tempered blogging, "Adventures of a Third World Shopkeeper" charts my course through the world of Mexican commerce at the lower, most hardscrabble levels in the Gulf coast port town of Tampico.I came with dreams, hopes and ambitions - only to have them...

Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Havana's secondary schools, Cuban Youth and Revolutionary Values is a remarkable ethnography, charting the government's attempts to transform a future generation of citizens. While Cuba's high literacy rate is often lauded, the little-known dropout rates among teenagers...

**Moon Travel Guides: Make Your Move! From visas, to job-hunting, to cultural assimilation, get a head start on your life-changing move with Moon Living Abroad Costa Rica. Inside you'll find:** Practical information on setting up the essentials, including visas, finances, employment,...