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228 p, Contents: Canonized hybridities, resistant hybridities: Chutney Soca, carnival, and the politics of nationalism / Shalini Puri -- Soca and social formations: avoiding the romance of culture in Trinidad / Stefano Harney -- Trinidad romance: the invention of Jamaican carnival / Belinda J. Edmondson -- All that is black melts into air: negritud and nation in Puerto Rico / Catherine Den Tandt -- Positive vibration? Capitalist textual hegemony and Bob Marley / Mike Alleyne --"Titid ad pèp la se marasa": Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the new national romance in Haiti / Kevin Meehan -- Shadowboxing in the Mangrove: the politics of identity in postcolonial Martinique / Richard Price and Sally Price -- Beautiful Indians, troublesome negroes, and nice white men: Caribbean romances and the invention of Trinidad / Faith Smith -- Homing instincts: immigrant nostalgia and gender politics in Brown girl, brownstones / Supriya Nair -- Derek Walcott: liminal spaces/substantive histories / Tejumola Olaniyan
Austin: University of Texas Press, Austin, Institute of Latin American Studies
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330 p, Based on a decade the author spent among the African-Caribbean "Creole" people on Nicaragua's southern Caribbean coast, Disparate Diasporas is a study of identity formation and politics in that community. Shows how a particular Black community can evolve distinct types of diasporic consciousness, and, depending on the historical moment, how different types of memories, consciousness, and politics come to predominate. Focusing on the period of the 1970s and 1980s, explains the inability of the Sandinistas to come to terms with the racial and cultural challenge to the Nicaraguan nation posed by the Creole community.
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280 p, "The author demonstrates the increasing deterioration of Afro-Caribbeans' status and power as African Americans began to assert their political options following the Civil Rights movement." (Amazon)
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238 p., Study of the relations between Haiti and black America from the colonial period to the present, the author shows how historical ties between these two communities of the African diaspora have affected their respective histories, cultures and community lives. R
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251 p, Taylor uses the works of Frantz Fanon to examine the expressive culture of the Afro-Caribbean. Focuses on the narrative of the colonized people and makes a distinction between mythic narrative and the narrative of liberation. (JSTOR)
53 p., Since 1996, Congress has appropriated 205 million dollars to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of State (State) to support democracy assistance for Cuba. Because of Cuban government restrictions, conditions in Cuba pose security risks to the implementing partners -- primarily nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) -- and subpartners that provide US assistance. GAO (1) identified current assistance, implementing partners, subpartners, and beneficiaries; (2) reviewed USAID's and State's efforts to implement the program in accordance with US laws and regulations and to address program risks; and (3) examined USAID's and State's monitoring of the use of program funds. Tables, Figures, Appendixes.
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320 p., While most writing on Cuba seeks to analyse the island's socialist experiment from the perspective of either its internal dynamics or international relations, this book attempts to understand the revolutionary process as part of a counter-current against neoliberal globalisation. Now that neoliberalism is in crisis, Cuba's promotion of socialist values is finding a renewed relevance.
Glasgow,Roy A. (Author) and Langley,Winston (Author)
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Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
Lewiston, ME: E. Mellen Press
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347 p, Contents: A new look at development and social change in the English-speaking Caribbean / George Pottinger -- Education and social development in Jamaica : human capital approach or correspondence theory / Lacelles Anderson & Trevor Turner -- Health in the Eastern Caribbean / Cora Christian -- Mass media and socialist government in the Caribbean / John Lent -- Whither Caribbean socialism? : reflections on Jamaica, Grenada and Guyana / Carl Stone -- The Commonwealth Caribbean : crisis of adjustment / Ransford Palmer -- The internationalization of capital, development and labor migration from the Caribbean / Hilbourne Watson -- Tourism in the Commonwealth Caribbean : a case study / Winston Griffith -- Changing bargaining capacities in the Third World : Caribbean participation in the IBA / Michael Allen -- The dynamics of Cuban foreign policy towards Black Africa / Carlos Moore -- Manley and Seaga in Jamaica : Third World typologies? / Winston Langley -- From Medici to Sarney : an assessment of Brazilian foreign policy in the lower Caribbean, 1960-1985 / Roy Glasgow -- Summary and conclusion / Roy Glasgow & Winston Langley
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264 p, Contents: Charisma and populism : theoretical reflections on leadership and legitimacy / Anton L. Allahar -- Errol Barrow (1920-78) / Hilbourne A. Watson -- The limits of charisma : Grenada's Eric Gairy (1922-97) and Maurice Bishop (1944-83) / Pedro A. Noguera -- Linden Forbes Burnham (1923-85) / Linden Lewis -- Cheddi Jagan (1918-97) / Percy C. Hintzen -- A very public private man : Trinidad's Eric Eustace Williams (1911-83) / Patricia Mohammed -- Jamaica's Michael Manley (1924-97) / Brian Meeks -- Cuba's Fidel Castro / Nelson P. Valdés
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271 p, Problems of Caribbean Development consists of the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the German Association for Research on Latin America (ADLAF) Hamburg, October 20-22, 1980
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"Revised and updated from Haiti : the Duvaliers and their legacy ... first published in 1988 by McGraw-Hill", 492 p, The tragic modern history of Haiti from 1957 to the present day, including the 2010 earthquake.
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227 p, In Women in Caribbean Politics Cynthia Barrow-Giles and her co-contributors profile 20 of the most influential women in modern Caribbean politics who have struggled and excelled, in spite of the obstacles. Divided into four parts, this volume looks at women who led the struggle for freedom; those who agitated for equal rights and justice in the pre-independence period; postcolonial trailblazers; as well as a group which Cynthia Barrow-Giles refers to as ‘Women CEOs.’ The profiles cover women from 12 territories, with varying political, ethnic and socio-economic issues.
Foote,Nicola (Author) and ÉDiteur Scientifique (Author)
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Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
New York, NY: Routledge
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433 p, Provides a thorough and up-to-date overview of Caribbean history from the pre-Columbian era to the present. It brings together a range of classic and innovative articles and primary sources, to create an introduction to Caribbean political, economic, social and cultural currents, providing an important first reference point to scholars and students alike.
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306 p., Weather-induced environmental crises and slow responses from imperial authorities, Johnson argues, played an inextricable and, until now, largely unacknowledged role in the rise of revolutionary sentiments in the 18th century Caribbean.
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279 p., Offering a rare pan-Caribbean perspective on a region that has moved from the very center of the western world to its periphery, The Caribbean: The Genesis of a Fragmented Nationalism journeys through five centuries of economic and social development, emphasizing such topics as the slave-run plantation economy, the changes in political control over the centuries, the impact of the United States, and the effects of Castro's Cuban revolution on the area.
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279 p, Offering a rare pan-Caribbean perspective on a region that has moved from the very center of the western world to its periphery, The Caribbean: The Genesis of a Fragmented Nationalism journeys through five centuries of economic and social development, emphasizing such topics as the slave-run plantation economy, the changes in political control over the centuries, the impact of the United States, and the effects of Castro's Cuban revolution on the area.
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Searchable site on postcolonial literature and the history, politics, and religion of those geographic areas. Covers Africa, Australia, India, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada, the Caribbean, United Kingdom, and Ireland. The sites have been cross referenced under Authors, History, Religion, Postcolonial Theory, Gender Matters, and Diasporas.
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103 p, This issue is a historical examination into Haitian national independence, with a focus on the diplomatic relations of François-Dominque Toussaint Louverture, (1743-1803)
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230 p, Ideology and Change provides the first comprehensive record and analysis of the experience of leftist political movements, organizations, and trends in the English-speaking Caribbean. Perry Mars views the Left as a dynamic force that has made indelible contributions toward advancing democracy since the 1940s, and he here examines the contributions of leftist organizations at both theoretical and practical levels. He identifies their role in Caribbean political culture and processes, the problems they face, and the strategies they employ toward political change within a hazardous political and social environment.;
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221 p, In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Hispanic Caribbean was fundamentally a plantation economy dominated mainly by the world sugar market. The politics were shaped by revolutions, political coups, wars, and elections, resulting in an end of Spanish power, independent states, and the domination of the region by the United States. These developments led to changes in social values. The author follows these developments throughout the main Hispanic islands and provides a fascinating picture of a region in turmoil.
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312 p., Analyzes the conflicts between the British government and Caribbean nationalists over regional integration, the Cold War, immigration policy and financial aid in the decades before Jamaica, Trinidad and the other territories of the Anglophone Caribbean became independent.
Moreno,Luis Alberto (Author) and Inter-American Development Bank (Author)
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Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2011
Published:
Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank
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153 p., Looks at economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and the region's challenges for the future. The book's author, Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank, highlights the region's strengths as a result of a favorable external environment and its social gains and institutional reforms.
Moyne,Walter Edward Guinness, Baron (Author) and Benn,Denis (Author)
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Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2011
Published:
Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers
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The Report of West India Royal Commission. Presented by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Parliament by command of his Majesty, July 1945., 480 p., Exposed the horrendous living conditions in Britain's Caribbean colonies. Following the British West Indian labor unrest of 1934–1939, the Imperial Government sent a royal commission to investigate and report on the situation while also offering possible solutions.
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313 p, Contradictory forces are at play at the close of the twentieth century. There is a growing closeness of peoples fueled by old and new technologies of modern aviation, digital based communications, new patterns of trade and commerce, and growing affluence of significant portions of the world's population. Television permits individuals around the world to learn about the cultures and lifestyles of peoples of physically distant lands. These developments give real meaning to the notion of a global village. Peoples of the world are growing closer in new and increasingly important ways. The essays in Race and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective lucidly explore some of the complexities of the persistence and re-emergence of race and ethnicity as major lines of divisiveness around the world. Contributors analyse manifestations of race-based movements for political empowerment in Europe and Latin America as well as racial intolerance in these same settings. Attention is also given to the conceptual complexities of multidimensional and shared cultural roots of the overlapping phenomena of ethnicity, nationalism, identity, and ideology. The book greatly informs discussions of race and ethnicity in the international context and provides an interesting perspective against which to view America's changing problem of race. Race and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective is a timely, thought-provoking volume that will be of immense value to ethnic studies specialists, African American studies scholars, political scientists, historians, and sociologists; "A publication of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists"
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406 p, indentureship, morant bay, grajales, enslaved women, maceo, caribbean women, agpr, slave women, seacole, eastern delta, qender, african diaspora, calabar, lodging houses, beckles, antonio maceo, hilary beckles, lucille mathurin, janet schaw, yseult bridges; History and gender analysis -- Text and testimony -- Women and slavery -- Women in the post-slavery period -- Women, protest and political movement -- Comparative perspectives
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294 p, Discusses key individuals (George Padmore, Eric Williams, C.L.R.James among others) and organizations (particularly Labor and liberation movements)in the Anglophone Caribbean world from the perspective of contemporary political and economic Caribbean realities. Particular attention is paid to the Pan-African Movement and its linking of Black Africa and the diasporic Black world of the British West Indies. Colonial Office policies of the period are discussed along with attempts by local and international economic interests during and after both World Wars to control events and thwart labor and independence movements. African American influence in popular political culture and its political and social effect on organizations in the islands is discussed along with key African American newspapers such as The Crisis, Chicago Defender, The Negro Worker, and the Baltimore Afro-American.
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294 p., Documents the lives and work of black individuals and organizations in the West Indies from 1900 to 1989, centered on the worlds of labor and black journalism. The French Caribbean is not covered here. Focuses on historical information as well as information on relationships between the two main "servant" minorities of the British Empire: Caribbeans originally from Africa and from India/Pakistan.
Hall,Kenneth O. (Author) and Chuck-A-Sang,Myrtle (Author)
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Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2011
Published:
Georgetown, Guyana: Commonwealth Secretariat
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503 p, pt. 1. Globalization and CARICOM external policy options -- pt. 2. South-South cooperation -- pt. 3. External trade negotiations: concerns and convergence -- pt. 4. Caribbean imperatives and concluding reflections.
Hall,Kenneth O. (Author), Of Compilation (Editor), and Chuck-A-Sang,Myrtle (Editor)
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Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2011
Published:
Manchester, CT: Judah Press
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497 p., As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nears its fourth decade of existence, The Integrationist provides an overview of CARICOM's current status. As it moves between economics, domestic politics, international politics, and education, the developments and deficiencies of CARICOM are discussed constructively, with an eye on moving the Community towards a stronger international presence. Managing Mature Regionalism: CARICOM in the Twenty-First Century is both informative and thought-provoking as it transforms a vacation spot into a strong international presence, both politically and economically, before the reader's eyes.
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174 p, Contains geography: Haiti. Haïti -- Civilisation -- 20e siècle. Haïti -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1957-1971. Haïti -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1971-1986.
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406 p, In the first systematic study of the politics and culture of the Afro-Caribbean migration to the U.S., historian Wintson James explains the enigma of political radicalism among Caribbean migrants. This important work shows that streams of Afro-Caribbean migration constituted a vibrant link between African Americans and the continent from which their ancestors were wrenched centuries ago. 256 pp;
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365 p, Discussion of the experience of blackness and cultural difference, black political mobilization, and state responses to Afro-Latin activism throughout Latin America. Its thematic organization and holistic approach set it apart as the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey of these populations and the issues they face currently available.
Foote,Nicola (Author) and Horst,René Harder (Author)
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Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2012
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Gainesville: University Press of Florida
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350 p, Introduction: Decentering war : military struggle, nationalism, and Black and indigenous populations in Latin America, 1850-1950 / Nicola Foote and René D. Harder Horst -- pt. 1. Soldiering and citizenship. Subaltern strategies of citizenship and soldiering in Colombia's civil wars : Afro- and indigenous Colombians' experiences in the Cauca, 1851-1877 / James E. Sanders -- Soldiers and statesmen : race, liberalism, and the paradoxes of Afro-Nicaraguan military service, 1844-1863 / Justin Wolfe -- Afro-Cubans in Cuba's War for Independence, 1895-1898 / Aline Helg -- Monteneros and macheteros : Afro-Ecuadorian and indigenous experiences of military struggle in liberal Ecuador, 1895-1930 / Nicola Foote -- Race and ethnicity in the Guatemalan army, 1914 / Richard N. Adams -- Mayan soldier-citizens : ethnic pride in the Guatemalan military, 1925-1945 / David Carey, Jr. -- pt. 2. War and the racing of national boundaries and imaginaries. Indigenous peoples of Brazil and the War of the Triple Alliance, 1864-1870 / Maria de Fátima Costa -- Illustrating race and nation in the Paraguayan War era : exploring the decline of the Tupi Guarani warrior as the embodiment of Brazil / Peter M. Beattie -- The conquest of the desert and the free indigenous communities of the Argentine plains / Carlos Martínez Sarasola -- "The slayer of Victorio bears his honors quietly" : Tarahumaras and the Apache wars in nineteenth-century Mexico / Julia O'Hara -- Embattled identities in postcolonial Chile : race, region, and nation during the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884 / Joanna Crow -- Racial conflict and identity crisis in wartime Peru : revisiting the Cañete Massacre of 1881 / Vincent C. Peloso -- Crossfire, cactus, and racial constructions : the Chaco War and indigenous people in Paraguay / René D. Harder Horst.; Time: 1800 - 1999
Foote,Nicola (Author) and Horst,René Harder (Author)
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Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2010
Published:
Gainesville: University Press of Florida
Location:
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350 p, Introduction: Decentering war : military struggle, nationalism, and Black and indigenous populations in Latin America, 1850-1950 / Nicola Foote and René D. Harder Horst -- pt. 1. Soldiering and citizenship. Subaltern strategies of citizenship and soldiering in Colombia's civil wars : Afro- and indigenous Colombians' experiences in the Cauca, 1851-1877 / James E. Sanders -- Soldiers and statesmen : race, liberalism, and the paradoxes of Afro-Nicaraguan military service, 1844-1863 / Justin Wolfe -- Afro-Cubans in Cuba's War for Independence, 1895-1898 / Aline Helg -- Monteneros and macheteros : Afro-Ecuadorian and indigenous experiences of military struggle in liberal Ecuador, 1895-1930 / Nicola Foote -- Race and ethnicity in the Guatemalan army, 1914 / Richard N. Adams -- Mayan soldier-citizens : ethnic pride in the Guatemalan military, 1925-1945 / David Carey, Jr. -- pt. 2. War and the racing of national boundaries and imaginaries. Indigenous peoples of Brazil and the War of the Triple Alliance, 1864-1870 / Maria de Fátima Costa -- Illustrating race and nation in the Paraguayan War era : exploring the decline of the Tupi Guarani warrior as the embodiment of Brazil / Peter M. Beattie -- The conquest of the desert and the free indigenous communities of the Argentine plains / Carlos Martínez Sarasola -- "The slayer of Victorio bears his honors quietly" : Tarahumaras and the Apache wars in nineteenth-century Mexico / Julia O'Hara -- Embattled identities in postcolonial Chile : race, region, and nation during the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884 / Joanna Crow -- Racial conflict and identity crisis in wartime Peru : revisiting the Cañete Massacre of 1881 / Vincent C. Peloso -- Crossfire, cactus, and racial constructions : the Chaco War and indigenous people in Paraguay / René D. Harder Horst.; Time: 1800 - 1999
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396 p., In 1804 French Saint-Domingue became the independent nation of Haiti after the only successful slave uprising in world history. Before Haiti explains the origins of this free colored class, exposes the ways its members both supported and challenged slavery, and examines how they created their own New World identity from 1760 to 1804.
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358 p, Illustrated with maps and photographs, The Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics covers the current and past political development of Puerto Rico and the 20 independent republics of Central and South America and the Caribbean. Although coverage begins with the independence movements of the late 18th Century, the book focuses mainly on the 20th Century;
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389 p, "Offering a rare pan-Caribbean perspective on a region that has moved from the very center of the western world to its periphery, The Caribbean journeys through five centuries of economic and social development, emphasizing such topics as the slave-run plantation economy, the changes in political control over the centuries, the impact of the United States, and the effects of Castro's Cuban revolution on the area." (Amazon);
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332 p, Introduction : the contours of modern Caribbean politics / Anthony Payne, Paul Sutton -- Liberal economics versus electoral politics in Jamaica / Anthony Payne -- Democracy and disillusionment in the Dominican Republic / Jan Knippers Black -- The Duvalier dictatorship and its legacy of crisis in Haiti / James Ferguson -- Race, politics, and succession in Trinidad and Guyana / Ralph R. Premdas -- The march of militarization in Suriname / Peter Meel -- Revolution, democracy, and regional integration in the Eastern Caribbean / Tony Thorndike -- The Grenadian revolution in retrospect / Courtney Smith -- Political economy and foreign policy in Puerto Rico / Jorge Heine, Juan M. Garcia-Passalacqua -- The odyssey of revolution in Cuba / H. Michael Erisman -- Domestic policy, the external environment, and the economic crisis in the Caribbean / Ramesh F. Ramsaran -- The offshore Caribbean Anthony P. Maingot -- U.S. intervention, regional security, and militarization in the Caribbean / Paul Sutton.;
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198 p., Contents: Ethnicity, inequality and conflict : an introduction -- The peoples of Trinidad and Tobago : historical and constitutional evolution -- Struggles over the distribution of posts in the public service, private sector, cabinet, Parliament, and presidency -- Identity politics : struggles over symbols, culture and history -- Partisan politics, electoral systems and ethnic strife -- Modes and mechanisms of inter-ethnic conflict management.
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250 p, Drawing from a wide spectrum of disciplines, the essays in this collection examine in different national contexts the consequences of the "Latin American multicultural turn" in Afro Latino social movements of the past two decades.
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Originally published: London, J. Cape, 1937., 398 p, When the British Parliament in 1833 freed the slaves, it provided for a transitional period of apprenticeship for the liberated negroes. This monograph shows details how this plan was worked out, especially in Jamaica, where Governor and Assembly were on bad terms, the planters were often harsh and the negroes turbulent, and the Special magistrates imported to supervise the scheme were not always equal to their task.
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322 p, Jamaican Politics is about the left, from the perspective of the left. Combining theory with practical experience, Trevor Munroe records important aspects of Jamaica's political history and at the same time identifies and critically reassesses the assumptions, concepts, and preoccupations of leftist writing.
Edie,Carlene J. (Author) and Westport Conn. (Series Editor)
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Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
Praeger
Location:
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Democracy and middle-class domination in the Anglophone Caribbean / Percy C. Hintzen -- Jamaica : clientelism, dependency, and democratic stability / Carlene J. Edie -- Guyana : ethnic politics and the erosion of human rights and democratic governance / Ralph R. Premdas -- Trinidad and Tobago : democracy, nationalism, and the construction of racial identity / Percy C. Hintzen -- Barbados : democracy at the crossroads / Neville Duncan -- Grenada : from parliamentary rule to people's power / Dessima Williams -- Belize : challenges to democracy / Alma H. Young -- Suriname : the politics of transition from authoritarianism to democracy, 1988-1992 / Betty Sedoc-Dahlberg -- Dominican Republic : electoralism, pacts, and clientelism in the making of a democratic regime / Rosario Espinal Puerto Rico : problems of democracy and decolonization in the late twentieth century -- Cuba : unchanging change ; the boundaries of democracy / Carolee Bengelsdorf -- Haiti : prospects for democracy / Kenneth I. Boodhoo -- Democratization and foreign intervention / Pedro A. Noguera -- Problems and prospects for the survival of liberal democracy in the Anglophone Caribbean / Selwyn Ryan -- Parties and electoral competition in the Anglophone Caribbean, 1944-1991 / Patrick Emmanuel, 296 p
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135 p, Contents: Introduction / Richard Graham -- Racial ideas and social policy in Brazil, 1870-1940 / Thomas E. Skidmore -- Race in Argentina and Cuba, 1880-1930: theory, policies, and popular reaction / Aline Helg -- Racism, revolution, and indigenismo: Mexico, 1910-1940 / Alan Knight
Grasmuck,Sherri (Author) and Pessar,Patricia R. (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1991
Published:
Berkeley: University of California Press
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247 p, The material success achieved by individual migrant households contrasts starkly with increasedsocio-economic inequality in the Dominican Republic and polarized class relations.
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315 P., A historical and ethnographic case study of the politics of cultural struggle between two traditionally subordinate ancestral groups in Trinidad, those claiming African and Indian descent. Viranjini Munasinghe argues that East Indians in Trinidad seek to become a legitimate part of the nation by redefining what it means to be Trinidadian, not by changing what it means to be Indian.
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164 p., Even in the midst of a global financial crisis, Latin American and Caribbean economies find themselves in better condition than in years past. Latin America must seize this opportunity to design and implement good public policies. The greatest of the long-term objectives of Latin American states remains development: economic growth and structural change that is rapid, sustainable and inclusive. In particular, governments must reduce inequalities in income, public-service delivery and opportunities, as well as promote the diversification of economies, often concentrated on a few primary-product exports. Improved efficiency of public administration is crucial to address both the short-term and long-term dimensions of these challenges. The real change, however, will come if Latin American and Caribbean states carry out meaningful fiscal reforms, making them not only more efficient but also more effective.
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289 p, Synopsis Examining the relationship between democracy and the politics of race from a cross-national comparative perspective, this study examies specifically how black people fare in the political systems of Britain, Brazil, and the USA. Questions concerning the role of race in the development of democratic ideology, theory and systems of governance, and the levels of difference and commonality in the policitical experiences of people of African descent in the diaspora are addressed. This text uses the traditional tools of comparative political science in order to examine the role of race and race-related issues in each nation. Each of the nation-state chapters traces the historical relationship between the development of democracy and the politics of race. Also discussed are the processes and factors that are the result of the specific national or political differences and those that may be the result of systemic factors that commonly occur in democratic contexts. ; Includes bibliographical references (p.267-281) and index.
Fanon,Frantz (Author) and Chevalier,Haakon (Translator)
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Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1967
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New York: Monthly Review Press
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Translation of Pour la revolution africaine., 197 p., A collection of articles, essays, and letters spanning the period between Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961), Fanon’s landmark manifesto on the psychology of the colonized and the means of empowerment necessary for their liberation. Section IV, number 20 is entitled "Blood flows in the Antilles under French domination," pp. 167-170.
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180 p., Can Haiti be put on a path to true reconstruction? Today, what Haiti needs most is a 'New Deal' which could enable it to keep pace towards a sustainable development. The primary issue the country faces on this issue is the divide between the poverty-stricken majority and the rest of the population.
Gootnick,David (Author) and Ragland,Susan (Author)
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Book, Whole
Publication Date:
May 2011
Published:
United States Government Accountability Office
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70 p., Congress appropriated more than 1.14 billion dollars in supplemental funds for reconstruction assistance following the earthquake in Haiti, most of which was provided to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of State (State). The Haitian government created the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC), a joint Haitian-international entity, for an 18-month term to coordinate donors, conduct strategic planning, approve reconstruction projects, and provide accountability. GAO addressed (1) the planned uses for US reconstruction assistance and the amounts provided so far, (2) USAID's internal controls for overseeing US funds, and (3) IHRC's progress establishing governance and oversight structures.
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442 p., Once the lucrative European colony in the Caribbean, Haiti has become one of the divided and impoverished countries in the world. This title analyzes how and why President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's enemies in Haiti, the US and France instigated a second coup in 2004 to remove Aristide and a mobilization known as Lavalas for good.
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417 p, Includes Mary J. Weismantel's "Racist stereotypes and the embodiment of blackness: some narratives of female sexuality in Quito" and Norman E. Whitten, Jr.'s "Mothers of the patria: la chola cuencana and la mama negra"
