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Afro-Caribbean Immigrants and the Politics of Incorporation
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 26.00How are recent minority immigrant groups faring in the political adjustment to the United States? Is racism still a serious obstacle to their political inclusion? This book details and explores the political experiences of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in New York City to answer these questions. more...
The Peoples of the Caribbean
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 85.00This is a comprehensive sourcebook on the archaeology, folklore and mythology of the entire Caribbean region. Drawing on decades of study in the Caribbean and South America, it explores archaeological sites, like Caguana in Puerto Rico and plantation sites, like Jamaica's Drax hall. more...
The Fall of Che Guevara
Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 49.99This work tells the story of Guevara's last campaign, in the backwoods of Bolivia, where he hoped to ignite a revolution that would spread throughout South America. The book details the strategy of the US and Bolivian governments to foil his efforts and shows Guevara as an agent of foreign policy. more...
Wars of the Americas
ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 99.00Wars and military conflicts in North, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean from the days of early European exploration to the present form the subject matter of this volume. The focus reveals certain historical trends common to virtually every modern nation state in the Americas. more...
The Boys from Dolores
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 15.95From the author of Chasing Che , here is the remarkable tale of a group of boys at the heart of Cuba's political and social history. Chosen in the 1940s from among the most affluent and ambitious families in eastern Cuba, they were groomed at the elite Colegio de Dolores for achievement and leadership. Instead, they were swept into war, revolution,... more...
Creole Transformation from Slavery to Freedom
UPF 2003; US$ 59.95?With the first study to address the development of a free, mixed-race Caribbean community using historical and archaeological evidence, Armstrong has provided a new direction for research and challenged accepted notions of Caribbean family structure. more...
The Comparative Histories of Slavery in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 22.00This book is an introductory history of racial slavery in the Americas. more...
Cuba
ABC-CLIO 2007; US$ 55.00Cuba: A Global Studies Handbook offers a revealing look at a nation that, in its ongoing pursuit of freedom, has been a colonial pawn, a neocolonial paradise for corrupt politicians and dictators, an alluring vacation destination, a defiant Communist holdout and embarrassing thorn in the side of the powerful United States. ||Drawing heavily on his... more...
Paradise Lost
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 9.99Why has Haiti been plagued by so many woes? Why has the United States felt a need to repeatedly intervene in Haiti's affairs? Why have multiple U.S. efforts to create a stable democracy in Haiti failed so spectacularly? Philippe Girard answers these and other questions in Paradise Lost . He examines how colonialism and slavery have left a legacy of... more...
After Fidel
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 25.00Offers an account of the extraordinary Castro brothers and the impending dynastic succession of Fidel's younger brother, Raul. This work looks at the Fidel and Raul's remarkable relationship, revealing how they have collaborated in policy making, divided responsibilities, and resolved disagreements for more than forty years. more...









