| Islands at the Crossroads: Migration, Seafaring, and Interaction in the Caribbean First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Curet, L. Antonio (Editor), Hauser, Mark W. (Editor), Armstrong, Douglas V. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 081735655X ISBN-13: 9780817356552 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.800 |
| LCCN: 2011010447 |
| Series: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A long sequence of social, cultural, and political processes characterizes an ever-dynamic Caribbean history. The Caribbean Basin is home to numerous linguistic and cultural traditions and fluid interactions that often map imperfectly onto former colonial and national traditions. Although much of this contact occurred within the confines of local cultural communities, regions, or islands, they nevertheless also include exchanges between islands, and in some cases, with the surrounding continents. recent research in the pragmatics of seafaring and trade suggests that in many cases long-distance intercultural interactions are crucial elements in shaping the social and cultural dynamics of the local populations. The contributors to Islands at the Crossroads include scholars from the Caribbean, the United States, and Europe who look beyond cultural boundaries and colonial frontiers to explore the complex and layered ways in which both distant and more intimate sociocultural, political, and economic interactions have shaped Caribbean societies from seven thousand years ago to recent times. ContributorsDouglas V. Armstrong / Mary Jane Berman / Arie Boomert / Alistair J. Bright / Richard T. Callaghan / L. Antonio Curet / Mark W. Hauser / Corinne L. Hofman / Menno L. P. Hoogland / Kenneth G. Kelly / Sebastiaan Knippenberg / Ingrid Newquist / Isabel C. Rivera-Collazo / Reniel Rodr quez Ramos / Alice V. M. Samson / Peter E. Siegel / Christian Williamson |