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The American South in a Global World
The University of North Carolina Press 2005; US$ 33.95Looking beyond broad theories of globalization, this volume examines the specific effects of globalizing forces on the southern United States. Eighteen essays approach globalization from a variety of perspectives, addressing such topics as relations between global and local communities; immigration, particularly of Latinos and Asians; local industry... more...
The Buccaneer's Realm
Potomac Books Inc. 2007; US$ 29.95An in-depth look at pirates' physical and cultural environment more...
Caribbean Sovereignty, Development and Democracy in an Age of Globalization
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 130.00Many of the nations of the Caribbean that have become independent states have maintained as a central, organizing, nationalist principle the importance in the beliefs of the ideals of sovereignty, democracy, and development. Yet in recent years, political instability, the relative size of these nations, and the increasing economic vulnerabilities... more...
The Caribbean in the Wider World, 14921992
Cambridge University Press 1992; US$ 39.00On the eve of the quincentenary of Christopher Columbus's epic voyage, this major new textbook survey explains how the region's present geography is intimately tied to the past. The Caribbean was Europe's first colony, its landscapes transform more...
Cerulean Blues
Ruka Press 2011; US$ 13.95Taking the reader from the mountains of Appalachia to a coffee plantation near Bogotá, Colombia, this investigation into the plight of the cerulean warbler?a tiny migratory songbird?describes its struggle to survive in ever-shrinking bands of suitable habitat. This elusive creature?a favorite among bird watchers and the fastest-declining warbler... more...
Cleddyf ym Mrwydr yr Iaith?
University of Wales Press 2013; US$ 35.00Ymdriniaeth ar hanes lliwgar a ffilmiau dadleuol y Bwrdd Ffilmiau Cymraeg (1971-86), corff a sefydlwyd yn unswydd er mwyn cynhyrchu ffilmiau Cymraeg eu hiaith. more...
A Concise History of the Caribbean
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 21.00A Concise History of the Caribbean presents a general history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement to the present. more...
The Contemporary Caribbean
Reaktion Books 2007; US$ 28.95When Americans seek an escape from the worries and dilemmas of everyday life, the crystal blue waters and white sands of the Caribbean islands seem like the answer to a prayer. Yet this image of a tourist?s paradise hides a tumultuous history marked by strife and division over race, political power, and economic inequality. Olwyn Blouet explores the... more...
Contemporary Southern Identity
University Press of Mississippi 2007; US$ 50.00In Contemporary Southern Identity Rebecca Bridges Watts explores the implications of four public controversies about Southern identity-debates about the Confederate flag in South Carolina, the gender integration of the Virginia Military Institute, the display of public art in Richmond, and Trent Lott\'s controversial comments regarding Strom Thurmond\'s... more...
The Devil behind the Mirror
University of California Press 2006; US$ 29.95In The Devil behind the Mirror, Steven Gregory provides a compelling and intimate account of the impact that transnational processes associated with globalization are having on the lives and livelihoods of people in the Dominican Republic. Grounded in ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the adjacent towns of Boca Chica and Andrés, Gregory's study... more...









