Popular Myths about Caribbean History
Author | : Basil A. Reid |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 2007* |
Genre | : Caribbean Area |
ISBN | : 9789768211316 |
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Author | : Basil A. Reid |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 2007* |
Genre | : Caribbean Area |
ISBN | : 9789768211316 |
Author | : Basil A. Reid |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2009-04-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0817355340 |
This book seeks to debunk eleven popular and prevalent myths about Caribbean history. Using archaeological evidence, it corrects many previous misconceptions promulgated by history books and oral tradition as they specifically relate to the pre-Colonial and European-contact periods. It informs popular audiences, as well as scholars, about the current state of archaeological/historical research in the Caribbean Basin and asserts the value of that research in fostering a better understanding of the region’s past. Contrary to popular belief, the history of the Caribbean did not begin with the arrival of Europeans in 1492. It actually started 7,000 years ago with the infusion of Archaic groups from South America and the successive migrations of other peoples from Central America for about 2,000 years thereafter. In addition to discussing this rich cultural diversity of the Antillean past, Myths and Realities of Caribbean History debates the misuse of terms such as “Arawak” and “Ciboneys,” and the validity of Carib cannibalism allegations.
Author | : Barbara J. Webb |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
At a time of growing interest in postcolonial writing, this volume offers a comparative study of three major Caribbean novelists: Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, and Edouard Glissant. Despite differences of language and background, these writers from Cuba, Guyana and Martinique have much in common. Each has written extensively on the shared heritage of the peoples of the Caribbean and each has been influential in redefining the poetics of the novel in the context of New World culture.
Author | : T. Castanha |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2010-12-14 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 023011640X |
This book debunks one of the greatest myths ever told in Caribbean history: that the indigenous peoples who encountered a very lost Christopher Columbus are 'extinct.' Through the uncovering of recent ethnographical data, the author reveals extensive narratives of Jíbaro Indian resistance and cultural continuity on the island of Borikén.
Author | : Wilson Harris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Carib Indians |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Wilson Harris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780911565201 |
Author | : James A. Delle |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2011-06-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0817356487 |
As a source of colonial wealth and a crucible for global culture, Jamaica has had a profound impact on the formation of the modern world system. From the island's economic and military importance to the colonial empires it has hosted and the multitude of ways in which diverse people from varied parts of the world have coexisted in and reacted against systems of inequality, Jamaica has long been a major focus of archaeological studies of the colonial period. This volume assembles for the first time the results of nearly three decades of historical archaeology in Jamaica. Scholars present research on maritime and terrestrial archaeological sites, addressing issues such as: the early Spanish period at Seville la Nueva; the development of the first major British settlement at Port Royal; the complexities of the sugar and coffee plantation system, and the conditions prior to, and following, the abolition of slavery in Jamaica. The everyday life of African Jamaican people is examined by focusing on the development of Jamaica's internal marketing system, consumer behavior among enslaved people, iron-working and ceramic-making traditions, and the development of a sovereign Maroon society at Nanny Town. Out of Many, One People paints a complex and fascinating picture of life in colonial Jamaica, and demonstrates how archaeology has contributed to heritage preservation on the island.
Author | : Paul Jentz |
Publisher | : Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2018-03-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1624666809 |
"Seven Myths of Native American History will provide undergraduates and general readers with a very useful introduction to Native America past and present. Jentz identifies the origins and remarkable staying power of these myths at the same time he exposes and dismantles them." —Colin G. Calloway, Dartmouth College
Author | : Carrie Gibson |
Publisher | : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic |
Total Pages | : 650 |
Release | : 2014-11-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0802192351 |
A “wide-ranging, vivid” narrative history of one of the most coveted and complex regions of the world: the Caribbean (The Observer). Ever since Christopher Columbus stepped off the Santa Maria and announced that he had arrived in the Orient, the Caribbean has been a stage for projected fantasies and competition between world powers. In Empire’s Crossroads, British American historian Carrie Gibson offers a panoramic view of the region from the northern rim of South America up to Cuba and its rich, important history. After that fateful landing in 1492, the British, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, and even the Swedes, Scots, and Germans sought their fortunes in the islands for the next two centuries. These fraught years gave way to a booming age of sugar, horrendous slavery, and extravagant wealth, as well as the Haitian Revolution and the long struggles for independence that ushered in the modern era. Gibson tells not only of imperial expansion—European and American—but also of life as it is lived in the islands, from before Columbus through the tumultuous twentieth century. Told “in fluid, colorful prose peppered with telling anecdotes,” Empire’s Crossroads provides an essential account of five centuries of history (Foreign Affairs). “Judicious, readable and extremely well-informed . . . Too many people know the Caribbean only as a tourist destination; [Gibson] takes us, instead, into its fascinating, complex and often tragic past. No vacation there will ever feel quite the same again.” —Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars and King Leopold’s Ghost
Author | : Wendy Shearer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2021-09-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780702306914 |
Enjoy a rich collection of folktales, myths and legends from all over Africa and the Caribbean, re-told for young readers. From the trickster tales of Anansi the spider, to the story of how the leopard got his spots; from the tale of the king who wanted to touch the moon, to Aunt Misery's magical starfruit tree. This book includes traditional favourites and classic folktales and mythology.