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2. Independence
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Simmonds,Yussuf J. (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Jul 14-Jul 20, 2011
- Published:
- Los Angeles, CA
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Sentinel
- Journal Title Details:
- 28 : A9-A.9
- Notes:
- After independence, many of the newly formed nations struggle to maintain their hard fought freedom, though there were many lingering colonial attachments; hostilities; and the difficulties that came with growing pains. Around 1789, the French Revolution was raging in France; two years later, a rebellion swept the northern part of the island like a massive tidal wave.
3. Raceball: how the Major Leagues colonized the Black and Latin game
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Ruck,Rob (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Boston: Beacon Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 273 p., By looking at this history from the vantage point of black America and the Caribbean, a more complex story comes into focus, one largely missing from traditional narratives of baseball's history. Raceball unveils a fresh and stunning truth: baseball has never been stronger as a business, never weaker as a game.
4. Red Heat : Conspiracy, Murder and the Cold War in the Caribbean
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Von Tunzelmann,Alex (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- London: Simon & Schuster
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 505 p., During the presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, the Caribbean was in crisis. The men responsible included, from Cuba, Fidel Castro, and his brother Raúl; from Argentina, Che Guevara; from the Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo; and from Haiti, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier. The superpowers thought they could use Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic as puppets, but what neither bargained on was that their puppets would come to life.
5. Red heat : conspiracy, murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Von Tunzelmann,Alex (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- New York: Henry Holt
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 449 p, During the presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, the Caribbean was in crisis. The men responsible included, from Cuba, Fidel Castro, and his brother Raúl; from Argentina, Che Guevara; from the Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo; and from Haiti, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier. The superpowers thought they could use Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic as puppets, but what neither bargained on was that their puppets would come to life.
6. Revolution! : the Atlantic world reborn
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Bender,Thomas (Editor), Dubois,Laurent (Editor), and Rabinowitz,Richard (Editor)
- Format:
- Book, Edited
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- London; New York: D Giles Ltd.
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 287 p, A season of revolutions : the United States, France, and Haiti / Thomas Bender -- Insurgents before independence : the revolution of the American people / T.H. Breen -- A port in the storm : Philadelphia's commerce during the Atlantic revolution era / Cathy Matson -- Atlantic revolutions and the age of abolitionism / David Brion Davis and Peter P. Hinks -- The achievement of the Haitian revolution, 1791-1804 / Robin Blackburn -- An African revolutionary in the Atlantic world / Laurent Dubois and Julius S. Scott -- Liberty in black, white, and color : a trans-Atlantic debate / Jeremy D. Popkin -- A vapor of dread : observations on racial terror and vengeance in the age of revolution / Vincent Brown -- One woman, three revolutions : Rosalie of the Poulard nation / Rebecca J. Scott and Jean M. Hébrard -- The 1804 Haitian revolution / Jean Casimir -- Curating history's silences : the Revolution exhibition / Richard Rabinowitz.; Explores, largely through illustrations, how three globally influential revolutions transformed politics and culture between 1763 and 1816, from the triumph of the British Empire in the Seven Years' War to the end of the Napoleonic Wars.; Time: Geschichte 1763-1815. 1700 - 1804