A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny
Language: English
Published by Addison-Wesley Publishing, Company, Reading, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1993
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324 Pages. January 1993. A richly detailed portrait of the individual countries and peoples of the Caribbean, the author brings to life a society and culture often kept hidden from foreigners. The arts, history, politics, and economics of the region, as well as the vivid day-to-day lives of its citizens. From the Newyoriccans of Livittown, Puerty Rico; to the state-salaried popular musicians of Cuba; to the practitioners of good political hurricanemanship (who know how to stretch statistics to bring in relief funds), this book paints portraits that will prove eqully fascinating to tourists who know the Caribbean only as a string of beach resorts, and to readers curious about U.S. efforts to influence its neighbors. Contents in Twenty Chapters: The Problem with History, Old Gods and Satellite Dishes, Color-Coded Natons, Sacrifice and the Revolution, Why Damballah Left, Bajan Burgers, Prophets and Profits, The Goats the Sheep and the Ugly Time, Two Ways of Looking at It, A Hint of Vanilla, Too Strong a Word, The Good Election, Death by Pepper Sauce, The Tenth Man, The Diaspora, Don Pedro in Levittown, The Cookie Theory of Underdevelopment, In Search of France, History Returns, and The Continent Table.…
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- Title
- A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny
- Author
- Kurlansky, Mark
- Publisher
- Addison-Wesley Publishing, Company, Reading, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Publication year
- 1993
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0201622319
- ISBN 13
- 9780201622317
- Illustrator
- Coe, Diana - Cover
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Dimensions
- 6" x 9"
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