Stretching from the Bahamas in the north to the Guianas on the South American mainland, the societies of the Caribbean have been shaped over time be the contirbutions of many peoples-the region's originial Amerindian inhabitants; colonists from Spain, England, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark; men and women from hundreds of African societies who were imported as slaves; and the contract laborers who were later brought from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. In Caribbean Contours eight leading scholars in ...
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Stretching from the Bahamas in the north to the Guianas on the South American mainland, the societies of the Caribbean have been shaped over time be the contirbutions of many peoples-the region's originial Amerindian inhabitants; colonists from Spain, England, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark; men and women from hundreds of African societies who were imported as slaves; and the contract laborers who were later brought from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. In Caribbean Contours eight leading scholars in the humanities and the social sciences survey the history, politics, economics, demography, and culture of the Caribbean to provide an authoritative yet accessible introduction to this complex and geographically fragmented region. From a United States perspective, the eople of the Caribbean are at once familiar and foreign-an everyday presence in the lives of many urban Americans on the one hand, representatives of exotic worlds for millions of American tourists on the other. This volume is intended to provide some of the essential facts underlying both the unity and diversity of Caribbean scieties, and thus to contirbute to an understanding of the region's increasing importance in the modern world.
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Add this copy of Caribbean Contours to cart. $14.38, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Fair. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
Add this copy of Caribbean Contours to cart. $37.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by The Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Octavo. 254pp. Red cloth spine, beige fabrikoid board. Very good with slightly bowed boards, light foxing along the page edges, a small sticker shadow on front pastedown in a very good age-toned dustwrapper with rubbing and edge wear. A survey of the history, politics, economics, demography, and culture of the Caribbean, including essays by Carl Stone, H. Hoetink, G.B. Hagelberg, Sidney W. Mintz, Mervyn C. Alleyne, Kenneth M. Bilby, and Gordon K. Lewis. Part of the *Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture* series.
