Caribbean West Indies category: 1060 books
The Haitian Declaration of Independence
Creation, Context, and Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016
While the Age of Revolution has long been associated with the French and American Revolutions, increasing attention is being paid to the Haitian Revolution as the third great event in the making of the modern world. A product of the only successful slave revolution in history, Haiti’s Declaration...
Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World
Recognition after Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
On January 1, 1804, Haiti shocked the world by declaring independence. Historians have long portrayed Haiti's postrevolutionary period as one during which the international community rejected Haiti's Declaration of Independence and adopted a policy of isolation designed to contain the impact of the...
by J.R. Beard
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography is comprised of two works. The first is a biography by Reverend John Beard, and the second is an autobiography of L'Ouverture. Heraklion Press has included a linked table of contents.
Poets and Prophets of the Resistance
Intellectuals and the Origins of El Salvador's Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
Poets and Prophets of the Resistance offers a ground-up history and fresh interpretation of the polarization and mobilization that brought El Salvador to the eve of civil war in 1980. Challenging the dominant narrative that university students and political dissidents primarily formed the Salvadoran...
Rum Curious
The Indispensable Tasting Guide to the World's Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Rum Curious takes the you on a tour of the world of rum by teaching you how to taste and appreciate all of its glorious variety.
Once the drink of sailors and swashbuckling pirates, rum is the most versatile--and the most varied--spirit in the world. It is consumed neat as a sipping drink,...
The Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection, 1898-1902
An Annotated Bibliography
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
An often overshadowed event in American military history, the Spanish-American War began as a humanitarian effort on the part of the United States to provide military assistance for the liberation of Cuba from Spanish domination. At the time, no one knew that this simple premise would result in an...
Tropical Idolatry
A Theological History of Catholic Colonialism in the Pacific World, 1568–1700
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
In Tropical Idolatry, R.L. Green examines how thinkers within the Society of Jesus attempted to convert indigenous peoples of New Spain, the Philippine Islands, and the Mariana Islands to Catholicism during the early modern period. Through the close readings of Jesuit authored theological treatises...
by Henri Grégoire
Language: French
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: October 21, 2014
THÉMISTOCLE annonce aux Athéniens que, pour accroître la puissance de la république et la délivrer d’un ennemi redoutable, il a un moyen infaillible, mais qui ne peut être révélé au public. Aristide est nommé pour être dépositaire...
by John T. Fishel; AndrTs Saenz
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2007
In 2004, for the second time in a decade, the international community found it necessary to intervene in Haiti to enforce and keep a peace. For the first time under a United Nations mandate, several Latin American countries stepped up to lead the mission. Chile provided political leadership in the form...
Pushing in Silence
Modernizing Puerto Rico and the Medicalization of Childbirth
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
As Puerto Rico rapidly industrialized from the late 1940s until the 1970s, the social, political, and economic landscape changed profoundly. In the realm of heath care, the development of medical education, new medical technologies, and a new faith in science radically redefined childbirth and its...
by Mei
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015
Everyone has a gift, something unique that makes them special. I spent my life searching for mine only to discover without luck, you’re on a hiding to nothing. I joined a firm of Stockbrokers on Friday then Black Monday hit and wiped me out. I formed a band and landed the first digital recording...
Did You Know?
Over One Hundred Facts About Haiti and Her Children
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Did You Know?Over One Hundred Facts about Haiti and Her Children looks in detail at a land and its people, uncovering the history, culture, challenges, and achievements of a country often stereotyped as deeply impoverished and bereft of any nobility of purpose. Tapping into her expertise in research...
by Fernand Hibbert
Language: French
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: June 25, 2013
En 1883, Quatre-vingt-dix exilés politiques conduits par Boyer Bazelais, chef du Parti Libéral, débarquent à Miragoâne avec l’espoir de soulever le pays et de renverser le Président Salomon. S’ensuit un siège de dix mois au cours duquel les deux tiers d’entre eux, ainsi qu’une grande...
Toussaint Louverture
Le grand Précurseur
Language: French
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Peu ou mal connu en France, Toussaint Louverture, père fondateur de la première République noire du monde, l’actuelle Haïti, est une figure emblématique mondiale de l’émancipation des esclaves et des décolonisations.
Cette biographie permet de mieux comprendre une personnalité exceptionnelle....