African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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228 p, Contents: The role of the coloured middle class in Nassau, 1890-1942 -- Women in the Bahamian society in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries -- A historical sketch of family life in the Bahamas -- Isolation within an isolated archipelago : the out island communities in the Bahamas during the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century -- Emancipation and 'over-the-hill' -- Aspects of traditional African-Bahamian culture in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century -- The blockade running era in the Bahamas : blessing or curse? -- Prohibition : a mixed blessing for the Bahamas -- The changing face of Nassau : the impact of tourism on Bahamian society in the 1920s and 1930s -- The 1937 riot in Inagua -- The 1942 riot in Nassau : a demand for change? -- The 1956 resolution : breaking down the barriers of racial discrimination in the Bahamas -- The 1958 general strike in Nassau : a landmark in Bahamian society -- Race relations and national identity in the formation of the Bahamian society: a historical perspective.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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252 p, Contents: Binding mobilities of consumption -- Iconic islands : nature, landscape, and the tropical tourist gaze -- Tasting the tropics : from sweet tooth to banana wars -- Orienting the Caribbean : when East is West -- Eating others : of cannibals, vampires, and zombies -- Creolization in global culture
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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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"
