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Contemporary Caribbean Cultures and Societies in a Global Context

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Informationen zum Autor Franklin W. Knight is Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Professor of History at The Johns Hopkins University. He has written, edited, or coedited nine books, including The Modern Caribbean . Teresita Martínez-Vergne is professor of history at Macalester College. She is author of three other books, including Nation and Citizen in the Dominican Republic, 1880-1916 . Klappentext The Caribbean ranks among the first and most completely globalized regions in the world. The essays in this volume illuminate how Caribbean cultures help shape and are shaped by globalization. Chapters examine economies, creolization, sport, religion, women's organizations, race and politics, music, and rum. Zusammenfassung Features ten essays by leading scholars in the field of Caribbean studies that describe important social and cultural aspects of the region! as it seeks to maintain its own identity against the pressures of globalization. These essays examine cultural phenomena in their creolized forms! as well as the Caribbean manifestations of universal trends.

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FRANKLIN W. KNIGHT is Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Professor of History at The Johns Hopkins University. He has written, edited, or coedited nine books, including The Modern Caribbean. TERESITA MARTINEZ-VERGNE is professor of history at Macalester College. She is author of three other books, including Shaping the Discourse on Space: Charity and its Wards in Nineteenth-Century San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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