Caribbean Opedia

Author : samuel nathan
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1291029834
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book CARIBBEAN-OPEDIA written by samuel nathan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caribbeab-Opedia is a collection of profiles about individuals who contributed or made inputs to the development of our region. It serves as a foundation or starting point suitable for further development that will enhance knowledge about efforts that we as a people invested towards where we are today.

Author : Basil A. Reid
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813048532
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology written by Basil A. Reid and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology offers a comprehensive overview of the available archaeological research conducted in the region. Beginning with the earliest native migrations and moving through contemporary issues of heritage management, the contributors tackle the usual questions of colonization, adaptation, and evolution while embracing newer research techniques, such as geoinformatics, archaeometry, paleodemography, DNA analysis, and seafaring simulations. Entries are cross-referenced so that readers can efficiently access data on a variety of related topics. The introduction includes a survey of the various archaeological periods in the Caribbean, as well as a discussion of the region’s geography, climate, topography, and oceanography. It also offers an easy-to-read review of the historical archaeology, providing a better understanding of the cultural contexts of the Caribbean that resulted from the convergence of European, Native American, African, and then Asian settlers.

Author : Nadine C. Atkinson
Publisher : Arawak Pub
ISBN 13 : 9789768189004
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Caribbean History Pocket Encyclopedia written by Nadine C. Atkinson and published by Arawak Pub. This book was released on 2003 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is illustrated and explores various themes and ideas taught on Caribbean History at the CXC level through-out the region, and should serve as a handbook of basic data. It seeks to correct the imbalance found in several traditional texts aimed at similar audiences but which have a distinctly European perspective. The author tries to encourage our students to see Caribbean history as their history, one which they can be justifiably proud of and one which they will eventually come to see as more than just ?another subject to pass?. For general audiences the text is an easy read, a source to consult for quick facts about the Caribbean. There are no other books covering Caribbean History in this way.

Author : D. H. Figueredo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Caribbean Literature written by D. H. Figueredo and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the lives and works of Caribbean authors in the context of Caribbean history and culture. This encyclopedia includes more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries written by more than 20 expert contributors. These entries cover authors, works, genres, historical and cultural figures, themes, and various topics.

Author : Daniel Balderston
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 041513188X
Total Pages : 687 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures written by Daniel Balderston and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new three-volume encyclopedia features over 4,000 entries on more than 40 regions in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1920 to the present day.

Author : Patrick Taylor
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252094336
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions written by Patrick Taylor and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions is the definitive reference for Caribbean religious phenomena from a Caribbean perspective. Generously illustrated, this landmark project combines the breadth of a comparative approach to religion with the depth of understanding of Caribbean spirituality as an ever-changing and varied historical phenomenon. Organized alphabetically, entries examine how Caribbean religious experiences have been shaped by and have responded to the processes of colonialism and the challenges of the postcolonial world. Systematically organized by theme and area, the encyclopedia considers religious traditions such as Vodou, Rastafari, Sunni Islam, Sanatan Dharma, Judaism, and the Roman Catholic and Seventh-day Adventist churches. Detailed subentries present topics such as religious rituals, beliefs, practices, specific historical developments, geographical differences, and gender roles within major traditions. Also included are entries that address the religious dimensions of geographical territories that make up the Caribbean. Representing the culmination of more than a decade of work by the associates of the Caribbean Religions Project, The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions will foster a greater understanding of the role of religion in Caribbean life and society, in the Caribbean diaspora, and in wider national and transnational spaces.

Author : Nicholas J. Saunders
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1576077020
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Peoples of the Caribbean written by Nicholas J. Saunders and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-12-16 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true "first," this encyclopedia is the only comprehensive guide ever published on the archaeology and traditional culture of the Caribbean. In The Peoples of the Caribbean, archaeologist Nicholas J. Saunders assembles for the first time a comprehensive sourcebook on the archaeology, folklore, and mythology of the entire region, charting a story 7,000 years in the making. Drawing on decades of study in the Caribbean and South America, Saunders explores landmark archaeological sites, such as Caguana in Puerto Rico, with its ceremonial architecture and ballcourts, and plantation sites, such as Jamaica's Drax Hall. The author dives into the underwater archaeology of Spanish treasure galleons and untangles stories of cannibalism, zombies, and hallucinogenic snuffing rituals. He examines the impact of key Europeans, such as Christopher Columbus, and introduces readers to the native people, such as the Arawak, who welcomed them. Bringing the story up-to-date, Saunders chronicles the struggle of the indigenous people, from the Caribs of Dominica to the Taíno of the Dominican Republic, trying to reclaim and revitalize their historical cultural identity.

Author : Donald E. Herdeck
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Three continents Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 968 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caribbean Writers written by Donald E. Herdeck and published by Washington, D.C. : Three continents Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Simon Collier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521413220
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean written by Simon Collier and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-09-25 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in a larger format and fully revised, with new maps and photographs, this new edition of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean remains the essential reference for anyone concerned with the region. Copiously illustrated, lucidly written, and comprehensive in its coverage, the Encyclopedia has been developed for the general reader by an international team of seventy scholars. Structured in six parts, it explores the regional trends and general trends that will provide nonspecialists with the necessary overview. The Encyclopedia examines both urgent contemporary issues such as economic and population growth, trade and international debt, tourism and the environment, and the longer term factors that have molded Latin America as we find it today: the native flora and fauna, the emergence of early civilizations in Mexico and Peru, imperial domination over three centuries by Spain and Portugal, the struggle for independence in the nineteenth century, and then the political turbulence of the twentieth. Coverage is provided of music and literature, architecture, painting, and intellectual life, for this is equally the region of the tango and the samba, Borges and Neruda, García Márquez and Diego Rivera, Villa Lobos and Bob Marley.

Author : Jane Turner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 874 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art written by Jane Turner and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For abstracts see: Caribbean Abstracts, no. 11, 1999-2000 (2001); p. 111.