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Subject: Caribbean
Inward Hunger: The Education of a Prime Minister
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Williams, Eric (introduction by Colin Palmer)
Subject: Caribbean
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“When the author, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, was a lad, his country was a British crown colony, and its government offered one university scholarship a year to the entire population. Young Williams won it, and went off …
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Libète: A Haiti Anthology
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Arthur, Charles and Michael Dash, editors
Subject: Caribbean
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Haiti’s dramatic history, pressing social problems, and rich culture make it one of the most fascinating nations in the Americas. This book aims to reflect some of Haiti’s extraordinary diversity through the best of writing. While many journalistic accounts are …
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Life in a Haitian Valley
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Herskovits, Melville J. (introduction by Sidney W. Mintz)
Subject: Caribbean
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This book is a precious document in the intellectual history of the black Americas. Its author was surely the first academically respectable white scholar to take seriously the cultural achievements of Afro-Americans, throughout the hemisphere. His influence is still keenly …
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Nationalist Heroines: Puerto Rican Women History Forgot, 1930s-1950s
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Jiménez de Wagenheim, Olga
Subject: Puerto Rican History, US History, Women's History, Caribbean History
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From the moment the United States seized Puerto Rico, in 1898, to the 1950s, the islanders employed various forms of resistance to the imposition of American colonial rule. A group of Nationalists led by Pedro Albizu Campos made it clear …
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Once Jews: Stories of Caribbean Sephardim
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Goldish, Josette Capriles
Subject: Caribbean, Religion,Jeiwsh Studies
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Honorable Mention, Latin American Jewish Studies Association (LAJSA) Book Award Committee
The phrase “I am Catholic, but I am Jewish” may seem contradictory to some, but in the Caribbean islands and the countries of the Caribbean periphery, there …
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One Frenchman
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González, José Luis
Subject: Caribbean
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In this work, González dismantles the myth of a dominant Spanish and racially white national culture in Puerto Rican history. He claims that the national identity is primarily Mestizo (mixed race) with a significant contribution from Africa. González calls the …
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Papa Doc and the Tontons Macoutes
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Diederich, Bernard and Al Burt (foreword by Graham Greene)
Subject: Caribbean
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Originally published in 1970, this is the story of Haiti under the rule of Dr. François Duvalier. Bernard Diederich lived in Haiti for 14 years and had personal experience of the early Duvalier days and the period of Maloire’s rule. …
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People and Issues in Latin American History
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Hanke, Lewis and Jane M. Rausch
Subject: Latin America, World History
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This two-volume edition of People and Issues in Latin American History presents a range of sources on and interpretations of important topics in the history of Latin America that enable students to debate the historical significance of individuals and issues. …
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