3,947円 In addition to sharing the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, Haiti and the Dominican Republic share a complicated and at times painful history. Yet Transnational Hispaniola shows that there is much more to the two nations’ relationship than their perceived antagonism. Rejecting dominant narratives ...

421円 Exploring the effects of emancipation on local economies and societies, James Anthony Froude traveled through the British West Indies in the late 19th century. Froude was skeptical about the abolition of slavery which occurred decades earlier. He believed the West Indies still needed British gove...

4,230円 The Anglican Church established St. Matthew's Parish on the eastern side of Nassau to accommodate a population increase after British Loyalists migrated to the Bahamas in the 1780s. The parish had three separate cemeteries: the churchyard cemetery and Centre Burial Ground were for whites, but the...

4,934円 For the first time in English, the stories of two Dominican national icons in their own words The letters between Dominican revolutionaries Minerva Mirabal Reyes and Manolo Tavárez Justo tell an intimate story of life and love under the brutal dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, who held power in th...

4,934円 Honorable Mention, Living New Deal Book Award An important New Deal program that shaped the relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States This book explores the history and impact of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA), the most important New Deal agency to operate in Pu...

1,900円 Black Ancestry: Finding Your African Caribbean Roots is a groundbreaking how-to guide for anyone seeking to research African Caribbean family history. Written by Paul Crooks, a pioneer in British African Caribbean genealogy, this unique book combines practical research advice with lived experienc...

3,562円 A ground-breaking and essential work of history – the first of its kind to closely examine the British Royal Family’s connection with the transatlantic slave trade The Crown's Silence is the untold story of the British royal family’s relationship to slavery from the reign of Elizabeth I to the pr...

3,817円 Making and consuming rum created a new means of profit that transformed the Atlantic world It was strong. It was cheap. It was ubiquitous. Fermented and distilled from the refuse of sugar production, rum emerged in the seventeenth-century Caribbean as a new commodity. To conjure something desirab...

1,057円 African, Irish and Creole Culture of the Caribbean is a concise exploration of how African and Irish cultural traditions blended to shape the Creole identity of the Caribbean. Drawing on historical sources and cultural analysis, Paul Crooks highlights the ways language, music, folklore, and share...

9,286円 In this examination of the Audiencia of Santo Domingoーan appellate court of justice for most of the Spanish CaribbeanーMarc Eagle analyzes its role, especially the way it provided royal oversight and a connection to the metropolis for the island of Hispaniola and the larger district of the Carib...

310円 Das Werk "Die Piraten von Panama" von John Esquemeling ist eines der berühmtesten und authentischsten Zeugnisse aus der Blütezeit der Piraterie in der Karibik und an den Küsten Mittel- und Südamerikas. Esquemeling, ein niederländischer Chirurg, der selbst eine Zeitlang unter den Freibeutern segel...

4,643円 Scarred Landscapes is a groundbreaking exploration of the rich and complex works of Caribbean Latinx artists. Scholar Stephanie Lewthwaite documents the work of ten influential artists of Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican descent, based in New York City from the 1970s to the present. Through the...