Hall,Kenneth O. (Author) and Chuck-A-Sang,Myrtle (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2011
Published:
Georgetown, Guyana: Commonwealth Secretariat
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
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.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
235 p, Examines colonization and recolonization of the Caribbean during the past half millennium, portraying a region victimized by natural hazards, soil erosion, overpopulation and gunboat diplomacy.;
Lopez-Levy,Arturo (Author) and Lopez,Lilla R. (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2011
Published:
Washington, DC: New American Foundation
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
19 p., Explores the historic reform process currently underway in Cuba. It looks first at the political context in which the VI Cuban Communist Party Congress took place, including the Cuban government's decision to release a significant number of political prisoners as part of a new dialogue with the Cuban Catholic Church. It then analyzes Cuba's nascent processes of economic reform and political liberalization. To conclude, it discusses the challenges and opportunities these processes pose for U.S policy toward Cuba.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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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
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
158 p, The book is divided into two sections. The first offers a political and historical overview, starting with the British presence in the region and the introduction of slavery and indentured labor, and continuing with the rise of nationalist movements, political leaders’ vision for their respective states, and economic development. The second section explores the region as an entity, including development at state and national levels, the historical background for regional unity from the West Indian Federation to CARICOM, and an evaluation on how well regionalism works today and could work in the future.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
383 p., "Collection of 11 articles originally published between 1977-96, brought up-to-date. Topics include the Dutch and the making of the Atlantic system, the West India Company, Dutch (slave) trading, abolitionism, and different forms of plantation labor"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Glasgow,Roy A. (Author) and Langley,Winston (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
Lewiston, ME: E. Mellen Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
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
