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Caribbean Landscapes
An Interpretive Atlas
Timothy Brothers, Ph.D.; Jeffrey Wilson, Ph.D., and Owen Dwyer, Ph.D., Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis |
| Caribbean Geography Series |
| Recent advances in space-based imagery have opened new frontiers in geography, revealing the earth's landscapes at a level of detail scarcely imagined before. This regional atlas uses an array of the latest sapce-based images to visualize Caribbean landscapes at multiple scales and in multiple formats, such as infrared, radar, and 3-dimensional terrain models. The landscapes are interpreted via primary research... More |
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From the Introduction....
This book is an attempt to capture some of the characteristic landscapes of the Caribbean through the lens of geography....Our purpose is not... Read excerpt |
Caribbean Studies Press, Hardcover
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Memoir of an Amnesiac (Memoire d'une Amnesique)
Jan Dominique, translated by Irline Francois |
| This story of contemporary Haiti takes place against the backdrop of the first U.S. occupation of Haiti and the dictatorship of Francois Duvalier. The narrator recounts her childhood and adolescence in this tense, troubled and surreal setting and her subsequent migration to Montreal in the 1970s. Originally published in French in 1984, this is the first complete and authoritative translation... More |
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Karst Landscapes of the Caribbean
Their Use and Protection
Michael J. Day, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| Caribbean Geography Series |
| Karst (limestone) landscapes are readily visible throughout the Caribbean and are significant topological features of many islands and landforms, which include sinkholes, caves, and dry valleys. Emerging underground springs are also characteristic of these landscapes and are important regional water sources. This authoritative, pan-Caribbean work focuses on the interaction between the natural landscape and human activity. Management, conservation, and... More |
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Education, Assimilation, and Caribbean Identity
The Literary Journey of the French Caribbean
Marie Leticee, Ph.D. |
| A compelling study of the complex role of education in the shaping of Caribbean identity and how this subject is revealed in French Caribbean literature. The author examines major works in this genre and Caribbean literary movements to show how writers portrayed the topic of education through the characters and themes in their writings. |
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"Nos ancetres les Gaulois, habitaient des huttes en bois" (Our ancestors the Gauls lived in wooden huts). As I am staring at my book placed... Read excerpt |
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An Irish Colonist in the Caribbean
The World of Michael Keene
Mark Quintanilla, Ph.D., Hannibal-LaGrange College, MO, editor |
| A successful planter, lawyer, and mercantile agent before his appointment as Attorney General for the colony of St. Vincent, Michael Keene was born in Ireland and educated at Cambridge University before coming to the West Indies in the 18th century.
This work provides an important opportunity to examine plantation life and society first-hand through Keene's skillfully edited letters, journals, and... More |
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From a letter to Mr. Stewart Kidd, 25 April 1788
I wish these Zealots in England for abolishing the slave trade may not have already done... Read excerpt |
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Immigration and Politics in the Caribbean
Japanese and Other Colonists in the Dominican Republic
Valentina Peguero, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| A blend of successive waves of immigrants from Europe, Africa, India, China, and Arab nations, the Caribbean is culturally, demographically, and linguistically one of the most diverse areas of the world. Based on the concept that immigrants have permeated Caribbean culture and society, the book studies in depth the origin, development, and impact of Japanese immigration in the Dominican Republic.... More |
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