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  • Haiti and the Americasby Carla Calarge; Raphael Dalleo; Luis Duno-Gottberg; Clevis Headley

    University Press of Mississippi 2013; US$ 150.00

    Haiti has long played an important role in global perception of the western hemisphere, but ideas about Haiti often appear paradoxical. Is it a land of tyranny and oppression or a beacon of freedom as site of the world's only successful slave revolution? A bastion of devilish practices or a devoutly religious island? Does its status as the second... more...

  • Afro-Cuban Diasporas in the Atlantic Worldby Solimar Otero

    Boydell & Brewer Group Ltd 2013; US$ 29.15

    "Afro-Cuban Diasporas in the Atlantic World" explores how Yoruba and Afro-Cuban communities moved across the Atlantic between the Americas and Africa in successive waves in the nineteenth century. In Havana, Yoruba slaves from Lagos banded together to buy their freedom and sail home to Nigeria. Once in Lagos, this Cuban repatriate community became... more...

  • History of Trinidad from 1781-1839 and 1891-1896by Lionel Mordant Fraser

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 195.00

    This work covers the period of rapid expansion after the British conquest in 1797 until the colony was faced with dislocations coinciding with the emancipation of the slaves. more...

  • Flamingos of Necker Islandby Michaeline Moloney

    Sevenseahorse 2013; US$ 7.99

    Enter the fascinating world of hundreds of free-flying Caribbean Flamingos, introduced by Sir Richard Branson into a most extraordinary setting, his home island, Necker, in the British Virgin Islands. Determined to reestablish a hardy flamingo presence in the Virgin Islands after man extirpated this native bird as recently as the 1960’s, two natural... more...

  • Politics and Power in Haitiby Kate Quinn; Paul Sutton

    Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 85.00

    Examining the political legacies of the Duvalier period and after, and revisiting the work of the late David Nicholls, Politics and Power in Haiti provides some of the keys to understanding the turbulent world of Haitian politics and the persistent challenges at home and from abroad which have distorted development. more...

  • Top 10 Washington DCby Ron Burke; Susan Burke

    DK Publishing 2013; US$ 14.00

    Now available in ePub format. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Washington, D.C. will lead you straight to the very best attractions the city has to offer. Whether you're looking for the things not to miss at the Top 10 sights or want to find the best nightspots, this guide is the perfect pocket-sized companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10... more...

  • Oscar Lopez Riveraby Osacar Lopez Rivera; Luis Nieves Falcon; Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Matt Meyer; Rev. Nozomi Ikuta

    PM Press 2013; US$ 9.99

    The life story of Puerto Rican freedom fighter and leader Oscar López Rivera, outlined in this book, is one of courage, valor, and sacrifice. In 1981, Oscar was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes for which he is still imprisoned, making him the longest-held political prisoner in the world. This is the story of his fight for the political... more...

  • Borders of Equalityby Lee Sartain

    University Press of Mississippi 2013; US$ 137.50

    As a border city Baltimore made an ideal arena to push for change during the civil rights movement. It was a city in which all forms of segregation and racism appeared vulnerable to attack by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's methods. If successful in Baltimore, the rest of the nation might follow with progressive and... more...

  • Sacrificing Soldiers on the National Mallby Kristin Ann Hass

    University of California Press 2013; US$ 29.95

    For the city?s first two hundred years, the story told at Washington DC?s symbolic center, the National Mall, was about triumphant American leaders. Since 1982, when the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated, the narrative has shifted to emphasize the memory of American wars. In the last thirty years, five significant war memorials have been built... more...

  • The Black History of the White Houseby Clarence Lusane

    City Lights Publishers 2013; US$ 19.95

    The untold history and politics of the White House from the perspective of African Americans. more...