From 1795 through 1800, a series of revolts rocked Curaçao, a small but strategically located Dutch colony just off the South American continent. A combination of internal and external factors produce
This title is available online in Open Access. Originally published with ISBN: 978-90-67-18380-2.From 1795 through 1800, a series of revolts rocked Curacao, a small but strategically located Dutch col
A Haitian woman whose talent and intellect led to worldwide fame, Marie Vieux Chauvet, like many free-minded Caribbean women of the African diaspora, was banned from the public sphere. Theatre, Perfor
This title will be available online in its entirety in Open AccessIn and Out of Suriname: Language, Mobility and Identity offers a fresh multidisciplinary approach to multilingual Surinamese society,
"Collection of seven papers mostly new, refreshing perspectives on the Island Caribs of the Windward Islands. Drawn from ethnohistory, archaeology, linguistics, ethnology, critical theory, and cross-c
The American Takeover deals with the aluminium and bauxite industry in Guyana and Suriname. Basing himself on extensive archive studies, the author describes the emergence of the bauxite industries du
Death by Marriage is Book 3 in the best-selling Caribbean Murder series, following Death by Honeymoon (Boo 1) and Death by Divorce (Book 2). A well-known criminal lawyer is found dead in a back alley
In amazing full-color, Fodor's Caribbean covers almost 50 destinations in the Caribbean, from the Dominican Republic and Trinidad & Tobago to Turks & Caicos and even Montserrat. The gu
An iconic symbol and sound of the Lucum'/Santer'a religion, Afro-Cuban bata are talking drums that express the epic mythological narratives of the West African Yoruba deities known as orisha. By imita
In amazing full color, Fodor's Caribbean covers almost 50 destinations in the Caribbean, from the Dominican Republic and Trinidad & Tobago, to Turks & Caicos and even Montserrat. The guide rev
In amazing full color, Fodor's Caribbean 2014 covers almost 50 destinations in the Caribbean, from the Dominican Republic and Trinidad & Tobago, to Turks & Caicos and even Montserrat. The guid
