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    1. Caribbean Winds: Threats to National Security

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Antoine,Denis G. (Author), Layne,Kingsley C. A. (Author), and King,Michael I. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2001
    Published:
    Washington, DC: Academy of American Franciscan History
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    53(3) : 52
    Notes:
    "For the governments of the small, English-speaking island nations of the Caribbean, the traditional concept of national security has less meaning in light of post-Cold War realities. These are countries set in the Caribbean Sea, with minimal defense forces, and no boundary disputes. For them, currents assessments of national security demonstrate clearly and forcefully that the threats they face 'are nontraditional, multidimensional, and international in nature'."

    7. First Lady of Caribbean Cadences

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Durbin,Paula (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    January-February, 1996
    Published:
    Washington, DC: Organization of American States
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    48(1) : 36+
    Notes:
    Inspired by the African Diaspora in the Caribbean, Katherine Dunham spearheaded an American dance revolution, breaking down social barriers and prejudice

    9. <Narrative of Liberation: Perspectives on Afro-Caribbean Literature, Popular Culture, and Politics, by Patrick Taylor>. (Book review)

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Hintzen,Percy C. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    October, 1991
    Published:
    Washington, DC: Academy of American Franciscan History
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    48(2) : 312-313

    12. <Centering Woman: Gender Discourses in Caribbean Slave Society, by Hilary Beckles>. (Book review)

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Karasch,Mary C. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    October, 2001
    Published:
    Washington, DC: Academy of American Franciscan History
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    58(2) : 333
    Notes:
    Centering Women consists of somewhat altered versions of the author's previously published articles, with an introduction and "summation" that argue for a post-nationalist history of gender in the Caribbean

    13. "Redlegs of Barbados."

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Keagy,Thomas J. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    1975
    Published:
    Washington, DC: Academy of American Franciscan History
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    27(1) : 14-21
    Notes:
    Chronicles the history, 1620-1976, of a group of poor whites living on the windward side of Barbados, who have never mixed with the blacks living on the island

    14. Caribbean Model of Memory: Eric Williams Memorial Collection in Trinidad

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Kiernan,James P. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2004
    Published:
    Washington, DC: Academy of American Franciscan History
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    56(3) : 5
    Notes:
    Trinidad and Tobago has worked to preserve its historical record through the Eric Williams Memorial Collection at the University of the West Indies Library in St. Augustine, Trinidad

    15. Eric Williams: Trinidad's Man for All Seasons

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Kiernan,James P. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    1999
    Published:
    Washington, DC: Academy of American Franciscan History
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    51(4) : 56
    Notes:
    The Eric Williams Memorial Collection was opened at the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine in 1998. The collection commemorates Eric Eustace Williams, who led Trinidad and Tobago to independence in 1962

    17. <Espejos de la guerra fria: Mexico, America Central y el Caribe, by Daniela Spenser>. (Book review)

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    McPherson,Alan L. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    January, 2006
    Published:
    Washington, DC: Academy of American Franciscan History
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    62(3) : 510-511
    Notes:
    According to McPherson, Spenser has gathered a remarkable international ensemble of scholars who collectively ask what the East-West Cold War meant in Latin America

    18. <States of Nature: Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940, by Stuart George McCook>. (Book review)

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Palmer,Steven Paul (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    April, 2003
    Published:
    Washington, DC: Academy of American Franciscan History
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    59(4) : 594
    Notes:
    According to the reviewer, McCook writes in a clear and effective style. His approach to the subject is neither overly theoretical nor oversimplified

    19. <Healing Cultures: Art and Religion as Curative Practices in the Caribbean and its Diaspora, by Margarite Fernández Olmos; Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert>. (Book review)

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Payne-Jackson,Arvilla (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    January, 2002
    Published:
    Washington, DC: Academy of American Franciscan History
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    58(3) : 484
    Notes:
    "The Spanish expression--la cultura cura (culture heals)--is an affirmation of the potential healing power of a variety of cultural practices that together constitute the ethos of a people"