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History of Trinidad from 1781-1839 and 1891-1896
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 195.00This 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...
Sacrificing Soldiers on the National Mall
University of California Press 2013; US$ 29.95For 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 House
City Lights Publishers 2013; US$ 19.95The untold history and politics of the White House from the perspective of African Americans. more...
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
The University of North Carolina Press 2013; US$ 27.95From the Potomac to the Gulf, artists were creating in the South even before it was recognized as a region. The South has contributed to America's cultural heritage with works as diverse as Benjamin Henry Latrobe's architectural plans for the nation's Capitol, the wares of the Newcomb Pottery, and Richard Clague's tonalist Louisiana bayou scenes.... more...
Radical Moves
The University of North Carolina Press 2013; US$ 105.00In the generations after emancipation, hundreds of thousands of African-descended working-class men and women left their homes in the British Caribbean to seek opportunity abroad: in the goldfields of Venezuela and the canefields of Cuba, the canal construction in Panama, and the bustling city streets of Brooklyn. But in the 1920s and 1930s, racist... more...
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
The University of North Carolina Press 2012; US$ 24.95Science and medicine have been critical to southern history and the formation of southern culture. For three centuries, scientists in the South have documented the lush natural world around them and set a lasting tradition of inquiry. The medical history of the region, however, has been at times tragic. Disease, death, and generations of poor health... more...
History of Barbados
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 175.00This classic in West Indian history is invaluable, not only for a study of the history of Barbados, but for its wealth of information about the island. more...
Account of the Black Charaibs in the Island of St Vincent's
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 186.00Compiled from the original documents of Sir William Young who headed a commission to the island after it was annexed to Britain in 1763, this history shows an independent people in their struggle against the Red Charaibs and then against the British settlers. more...
Top 10 US & British Virgin Islands
DK Publishing 2012; US$ 14.00Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, the DK Top 10 Guides use exciting and excellent photography and excellent cartography to provide a reliable and useful travel companion. Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, aswell as insider tips, from avoiding the crowds to finding... more...
The Black Carib Wars
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 15.99The Garifuna people today live all along the Caribbean littoral of Central America, from Belize, through Guatemala and Honduras down to Nicaragua, and also in some of the biggest cities of the United States. For more than two hundred years they have preserved their unique culture and language--the direct descendant of that spoken in the islands at... more...









