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Introduction to the Pan-Caribbean.
With its diverse histories of slavery, plantations, colonialism and independence, the Caribbean is richly layered, highly complex and a wonderful example of people's resistance. The pan-Caribbean region also provides an excellent geography through which to understand and analyse the complex pro...
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of maps; List of plates; List of boxes; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. The Pan-Caribbean: diversity and semblance; Defining the Pan-Caribbean; Mapping the Caribbean; Representing the Pan-Caribbean; Notes; References; 2. Unity in diversity? A history of the Pan-Caribbean region from 1492 to the 1970s; Introduction; European colonisation; Slavery and the plantation system; Resistance and revolt; Disintegration of the slavery system; Post-slavery society. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Post-slavery protests and political reform in the British CaribbeanHaiti and civil war; Francophone Caribbean; End of Spanish colonisation; Emigration from the Caribbean; The Caribbean and the First World War; Black consciousness between the two World Wars; Garveyism; Negritude; Labour rebellions, riots, unrests and disturbances in the 1930s; The Caribbean and the Second World War; The USA in the Caribbean after the First World War; The Cuban Revolution; Cuba and the Cold War; Economic development after the Second World War; The religious mix from the nineteenth century. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Nation states, 1962-1970sThe West Indies Federation; Political independence; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3. Issues of development in the Pan-Caribbean: overcoming crises and rising to challenges?; Introduction; What is the 'development' situation within the Pan-Caribbean?; Debt in the Caribbean; Social features of development; Poverty; Sustainable development and environmental issues; Pan-Caribbean examples of development: case studies from across the region; The Independent Commonwealth Caribbean; Cuba; Haiti; The non-independent Caribbean. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a What are the possible futures for Pan-Caribbean development?Notes; References; 4. The Caribbean in a globalised world: responses to a changing international political economy; Introduction; The debate on globalisation; Globalisation and the Caribbean; Twilight zone for preferential commodity arrangements: the cases of bananas and rum; Globalisation and the offshore financial services sector; International trade negotiations: the emergence of new norms and structures; Caribbean responses to external challenges; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5. Caribbean tourism: trouble in paradise? | |
| 505 | 8 | |a IntroductionTourism in the history of the Caribbean; Foreign corporations and tourism development; The role of mass tourism in Caribbean development; The lost development decade and the rise of tourism as a primary source of foreign exchange earnings; Finding niches in the global market: cruises and all-inclusives; The environmental and social impacts of mass tourism development in the 1980s; A sustainable future? Re-defining paradise and Caribbean tourism; Changing forms of tourism consumption; Notes; References; 6. Contexts of migration and diasporic identities; Introduction. | |
| 500 | |a Migrant labour, post-emancipation society and the sugar economy. | ||
| 520 | |a With its diverse histories of slavery, plantations, colonialism and independence, the Caribbean is richly layered, highly complex and a wonderful example of people's resistance. The pan-Caribbean region also provides an excellent geography through which to understand and analyse the complex processes of globalisation, development, migration, tourism, and social and cultural relations. While the sea, sun and sand representation is a true one -some of the most beautiful places on earth are found in the Caribbean - the pan-Caribbean is much more intricate and fascinating tha. | ||
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