Hall,Kenneth O. (Editor) and Chuck-A-Sang,Myrtle (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2012
Published:
Bloomington, IN: Trafford Publishing
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Papers presented at a Conference on The Caribbean and the Commonwealth: Collective Responsibility for the 21st Century, hosted by the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, February 16-18, 2011., 560 p, Examining the challenges faced by the Region in moving the Integration process forward, a number of papers assess what needs to be done to avert the crisis which threatened the Caribbean as they advocate for a rethinking of the strategies currently employed by the Caribbean Community.
Special journal issue., 211 p., During the colonial era, after abolition of slavery in 1833, the British faced extreme shortage of labor for sugar plantation in their sugar producing colonies of the Caribbean. To overcome this problem, over half a million Indians were transported to the region as indentured workers (often called as Indian coolies) with false hopes and promises.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Caribbean Reasonings Conference (5th : 2006 : Mona, Jamaica)., 302 p, Richard Hart's quest for political autonomy, decolonization and regional unity has earned him a space in the annals of history as one of Jamaica s leading nationalist figures and as a vital contributor to the Caribbean integration movement. As a key proponent of social, political and economic transformations in the region, Hart fought arduously for trade unionism, political sovereignty and mass-based democratic political parties among other important issues which advanced the lives of Caribbean nationals.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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517 p., Focuses on the period after the Second World War, when a significant number of Caribbean countries gained their independence, and the character of the region's post-colonial politics had become clear. The survey of political thought in this collection is divided into four sections: theories of the post-colonial state, theorizing post-colonial citizenship, Caribbean regionalism and political culture.
Austin, TX: SALALM Secretariat, Benson Latin American Collection, the General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Papers of the Forty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, Cartagena de Indias, May 23-27, 2003., 272 p.
Tempe: Center for Latin American Studies Arizona State University
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Papers presented at a conference, October 31, 1986, Arizona State University; sponsored by Center for Latin American Studies, Arizona Council for the Social Studies, Arizona Humanities Council., 133 p., Contents: Caribbean and Central American literature and art / Emil Volek -- Caribbean alternatives, Cuba and Puerto Rico / Juan M. Garcia Passalacqua -- The novel of the Cuban revolution, phase five, 1975-1986 / Seymor Menton -- The role of women in Cuba / K. Lynn Stoner -- Central American alternatives, Nicaragua and Costa Rica / Jennie K. Lincoln -- United States relations with Central America and the Caribbean / Thomas L. Karnes.
Hardwick,Lorna (Editor) and Gillespie,Carol (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2010
Published:
New York: Oxford University Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
422 p., Classical material was traditionally used to express colonial authority, but it was also appropriated by imperial subjects and put to new uses. Includes Cashman Kerr Prince's "Divided Child, or Derek Walcott's post-colonial philology" and Emily Greenwood's "Arriving backwards : the return of The Odyssey in the English-speaking Caribbean."
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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175 p., The essays in this volume consider various literary and linguistic aspects of the Francophone Caribbean at the beginning of the 21st century, focusing particularly on the French Overseas Departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe, and the independent islands of Haiti and Dominica.
Adekunle,Julius (Editor) and Williams,Hettie V. (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
334 p., A volume of 16 essays analyzing the issues of blackness and identity of the African Diaspora in global perspective. Focuses on the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
