Hall,Kenneth O. (Editor) and Chuck-A-Sang,Myrtle (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2012
Published:
Bloomington, IN: Trafford Publishing
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Papers presented at a Conference on The Caribbean and the Commonwealth: Collective Responsibility for the 21st Century, hosted by the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, February 16-18, 2011., 560 p, Examining the challenges faced by the Region in moving the Integration process forward, a number of papers assess what needs to be done to avert the crisis which threatened the Caribbean as they advocate for a rethinking of the strategies currently employed by the Caribbean Community.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Caribbean Reasonings Conference (5th : 2006 : Mona, Jamaica)., 302 p, Richard Hart's quest for political autonomy, decolonization and regional unity has earned him a space in the annals of history as one of Jamaica s leading nationalist figures and as a vital contributor to the Caribbean integration movement. As a key proponent of social, political and economic transformations in the region, Hart fought arduously for trade unionism, political sovereignty and mass-based democratic political parties among other important issues which advanced the lives of Caribbean nationals.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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517 p., Focuses on the period after the Second World War, when a significant number of Caribbean countries gained their independence, and the character of the region's post-colonial politics had become clear. The survey of political thought in this collection is divided into four sections: theories of the post-colonial state, theorizing post-colonial citizenship, Caribbean regionalism and political culture.
Tempe: Center for Latin American Studies Arizona State University
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Papers presented at a conference, October 31, 1986, Arizona State University; sponsored by Center for Latin American Studies, Arizona Council for the Social Studies, Arizona Humanities Council., 133 p., Contents: Caribbean and Central American literature and art / Emil Volek -- Caribbean alternatives, Cuba and Puerto Rico / Juan M. Garcia Passalacqua -- The novel of the Cuban revolution, phase five, 1975-1986 / Seymor Menton -- The role of women in Cuba / K. Lynn Stoner -- Central American alternatives, Nicaragua and Costa Rica / Jennie K. Lincoln -- United States relations with Central America and the Caribbean / Thomas L. Karnes.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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207 p., Includes S. Reid's "An Introductory Approach to the Concentration of Power in the Jamaican Corporate Economy and Notes on its Origin." (chapter: pp. 15-44); D. Robotham's "Agrarian Relations in Jamaica." (chapter: pp. 45-57); and Ralph Gonsalves' "The Trade Union Movement in Jamaica: Its Growth and Resultant Problems." (chapter: pp. 89-105).
West,Michael O. (Editor), Martin,William G. (Editor), and Wilkins,Fanon Che (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
318 p., Focuses on three moments in global black history: the American and Haitian revolutions, the Garvey movement and the Communist International following World War I, and the Black Power movement of the late twentieth century.
Cobas,José A. (Editor), Duany,Jorge (Editor), and Feagin,Joe R. (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Boulder: Paradigm
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
254 p., Includes Jorge Duany's "Racializing ethnicity in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean : a comparison of Haitians in the Dominican Republic and Dominicans in Puerto Rico."
Rivera Ortiz,Angel Israel (Editor) and Ramos,Aarón Gamaliel (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
190 p, This group of essays addresses issues affecting the colonial territories of the Caribbean that have arisen from recent changes in their administration, international globalization, the end of the Cold War, urban economic success, and the consolidation of neoconservative ideology in Europe and North America that questions the terms of colonial arrangements. Individual papers discuss these issues in the French Antilles, Curacao, Aruba, and Puerto Rico, as well as the region as a whole.
Yovanovich,Gordana (Editor) and Huras,Amy (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2010
Published:
Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
316 p., Takes an interdisciplinary approach to Latin American social and cultural identities. With broad regional coverage, and an emphasis on Canadian perspectives, this book focuses on Latin American contact with other cultures and nations. Includes Jessica Franklin's "Afro-Brazilian women's identities and activism : national and transnational discourse," Adrian Smith's "Legal creolization, 'permanent exceptionalism,' and Caribbean sojourners truths" and Janelle Joseph's "The transculturation of capoeira : Brazilian, Canadian, and Caribbean interpretations of an Afro-Brazilian martial art."
