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The connected Caribbean : a socio-material network approach to patterns of homogeneity and diversity in the pre-colonial period /
The modern-day Caribbean is a stunningly diverse but also intricately interconnected geo-cultural region, resulting partly from the islands' shared colonial histories and an increasingly globalizing economy. Perhaps more importantly, before the encounter between the New and Old World took place...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden, Netherlands :
Sidestone Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | Sidestone Press Dissertations.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The modern-day Caribbean is a stunningly diverse but also intricately interconnected geo-cultural region, resulting partly from the islands' shared colonial histories and an increasingly globalizing economy. Perhaps more importantly, before the encounter between the New and Old World took place, the Indigenous societies and cultures of the pre-colonial Caribbean were already united in diversity. This work seeks to study the patterns of this pre-colonial homogeneity and diversity and uncover some of their underlying processes and dynamics. In contrast to earlier studies of its kind, this study a. |
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| Notas: | "Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. C.J.M. Stolker, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op 13 mei 2014 klokke 13:45 uur." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (331 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, tables |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789088902604 9088902607 |