This critical anthology examines the writings of Eric Walrond (1898-1966), the Harlem Renaissance figure known for the short story collection Tropic Death and for his deep engagement with the Caribbea
Griffith (psychiatry and African-American studies, Yale U.) tells the story of one faith group on the English-speaking Caribbean island, the Sons of God Apostolic Spiritual Baptist Church, founded by
Archaeologists, anthropologists, geologists, educators, artists, and other contributors offer insights from Jamaica into the lives and activities of the people who inhabited much of the Caribbean when
The Second Conference on Caribbean Culture, held at the U. of the West Indies (Mona campus, Jamaica) in January 2002, focused in large part on the work of Caribbean poet, historian, literary critic, a
Mordecai presents students, academics, researchers, and general interest readers with an examination of the political, social, and cultural life of Jamaicans in the 1970s as it was portrayed in the li
"By adopting a Caribbean perspective through which to re-examine seventeenth- to nineteenth- century texts from the British canon, this collection of essays uncovers the ways in which the literature p
Economists Hosein and Franklin examine the relative size and contribution of the informal economy to the Caribbean region, and provide theoretical and empirical evidence that higgling is a response to
The papers in this collection were selected from those presented during a conference on policy and practice in environmental management in the Caribbean held in Mona, Jamaica in 2009. The 20 contribut
Caribbean Tourism details the rise of the tourism industry in the Caribbean, from the mid-nineteenth century to today. Now a major industry in most countries in the Caribbean Basin, tourism has become
This cross-sectional study used a purposive sample of 379 high school students from fifteen urban and rural high schools in Guyana and assessed their HIV and AIDS knowledge and stigma-related attitude
The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill commissioned the history to mark the 50th anniversary of its teaching and research presence in Barbados. After demarcating the space, Marshall begins wit
This volume describes introductory-level international trade theory, accompanying the explanatory material with data and other materials intended to encourage the student to apply the theoretical know
Having its origins in the 2010 Rastafari Studies Conference held at the University of the West Indies, this volume provides what is probably the first major scholarly look at the Rastafarian movement.
Bringing together an interdisciplinary collection of contributors, this book explores mainly African diasporas and subsequent effects of other diasporas to the state of today’s international communiti
