Caribbean - A History of the Region and Its Peoples

Informationen zum Autor Stephan Palmie is professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago! specializing in Afro-Caribbean cultures. He is the author of Wizards and Scientists: Explorations in Afro-Cuban Modernity and Tradition. Francisco A. Scarano is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison! specializing in the Caribbean and Latin America. He is the author of Puerto Rico: Cinco siglos de historia. Klappentext Traces the Caribbean from its pre-Columbian state through European contact and colonialism to the rise of US hegemony and the economic turbulence of the twenty-first century. This volume begins with a discussion of the region's diverse geography and challenging ecology and features an in-depth look at the transatlantic slave trade. Zusammenfassung Traces the Caribbean from its pre-Columbian state through European contact and colonialism to the rise of US hegemony and the economic turbulence of the twenty-first century. This volume begins with a discussion of the region's diverse geography and challenging ecology and features an in-depth look at the transatlantic slave trade.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephan Palmie, Stephan Scarano Palmie, Stephen (EDT)/ Scarano Palmie
• Con la collaborazione di: Stephan Palmie (Editore), Stephen Palmie (Editore), Stephan Palmié (Editore), Palmie Stephan (Editore), Francisco A. Scarano (Editore), Scarano Francisco A. (Editore)
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2011
• EAN: 9780226645087
• ISBN: 978-0-226-64508-7
• Pagine: 624
• Dimensioni: 178 mm x 254 mm x 32 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, Caribbean islands, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery