| Frontiers of the Caribbean Contributor(s): Nanton, Philip (Author) |
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ISBN: 1526113732 ISBN-13: 9781526113733 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306.097 |
| LCCN: 2017303751 |
| Series: Theory for a Global Age |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.45 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book argues that the Caribbean frontier, usually assumed to have been eclipsed after colonial conquest, remains a powerful but unrecognized element of Caribbean island culture. Combining analytical and creative genres of writing, it explores historical and contemporary patterns of frontier change through a case study of the little-known Eastern Caribbean multi-island state of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Modern frontier traits are located in the wandering woodcutter, the squatter on government land and the mountainside ganja grower. But the frontier is also identified as part of global production that has shaped island tourism, the financial sector and patterns of migration. |
