Caribbean — Markus Wiener Publishers

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The Letters and Other Writings of Gustavus Vassa (Olaudah Equiano, the African): Documenting Abolition of the Slave Trade
	Sapoznik, Karlee Anne, editor (foreword by Paul Lovejoy) Subject: African Studies, Caribbean Studies, History of Slavery	Gustavus Vassa (alias Olaudah Equiano, the African) was on the vanguard of the anti-slavery movement in England at the end of the eighteenth century. He provided a voice for people of African descent in the British Atlantic world. His … More Information

The Murderers Among Us: History of Repression and Rebellion in Haiti Under Dr. François Duvalier, 1962–1971
	Diederich, Bernard Subject: Caribbean	François “Papa Doc” Duvalier’s hold on power in Haiti, initially tenuous, grew stronger as American confrontations with Cuba under President Kennedy fostered a fear that Communism could sweep Haiti if “Papa Doc” were ousted. Nonetheless, several groups of daring rebels … More Information

The Pond (La Charca): Puerto Rico’s 19th-Century Masterpiece
	Zeno-Gandia, Manuel (preface by Kal Wagenheim; introduction by Juan Flores) Subject: Caribbean, World Literature	Before the turn of the century, while the rich in Madrid, Paris and Rome capped their sumptuous dinners with sips of Puerto Rico’s exquisite black café, the anemic men, women and children who harvested the precious crop lived in squalid … More Information

The Price of Blood: History of Repression and Rebellion in Haiti Under Dr. François Duvalier, 1957–1962
	Diederich, Bernard Subject: Caribbean	This is the terrifying history of how Dr. François “Papa Doc” Duvalier used terrorism to reach power, and how he institutionalized terrorism as a weapon of the State. The book reports in detail the stories of the many unsuccessful attempts … More Information

The Puerto Ricans: A Documentary 50th Anniversary Edition 2023 Edition
	de Wagenheim, Olga, Jiménez and Kal Wagenheim, Luis Martînz-Fernandez, editors Subject: Puerto Rican History, Caribbean History, US History	*A panorama of Puerto Rican life from the 15th to the 21st century* For 50 years thousands of students, and readers interested in the history of Puerto Rico based on facts and documents have turned to this book. … More Information

The Story of the Jamaican People
	Sherlock, Philip and Hazel Bennett Subject: Caribbean	The last general history of Jamaica was published in 1960. Since then, the country has become an independent nation and has developed a new sense of national identity out of the experience of 450 years of European colonization, African slavery, … More Information

The White Minority in the Caribbean
	Johnson, Howard and Karl Watson Subject: Caribbean	This collection of essays by historians, anthropologists and political scientists locates a discussion of the white minority in the Caribbean within the mainstream of the social science literature on the region. This is especially important because white minorities — particularly … More Information

Tropical Diaspora: The Jewish Experience in Cuba
	Levine, Robert S. Subject: Caribbean, Jewish Studies ,History	.”a comprehensive and absorbing account of the travails of Cuban Jews… Cuba did not conform to the behavior of a classical dictatorship in its struggle to chart its own path, but perhaps it is this nonconformity that makes it such … More Information

Tropical Kitsch: Mass Media in Latin American Art and Literature
	Santos, Lidia Subject: Latin America	Named the Best Book on Brazilian Studies 2006 by the Latin American Studies Association “Santos takes a keen look at the way mass culture has influenced artistic production in Latin America during the past 40 years. Santos … More Information

Trujillo: The Death of the Dictator
	Diederich, Bernard Subject: Caribbean	On May 30, 1961, a hail of bullets ended the life of Generalissimo Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, known to his countrymen as “The Goat” for his many revolting excesses, after thirty-one years of brutal rule over the Dominican Republic. This book … More Information