The Spiritual Baptist Church, though to be present in the English-speaking Caribbean from about the late nineteenth century, has long been a fairly potent force in the daily life of the islanders, alt
Unique in its coverage of the Spanish period of Belize's history, this book focuses on the alliance between British timber cutters and the Miskito Indians as they fought together against the Spanish d
For literature students and bilingual and trilingual readers, Roberts and Walcott-Hackshaw (Spanish and Hispanic literature and French and francophone literature, U. of the West Indies, Trinidad and T
Johnson (research fellow Academy of Arts and Letters, U. of Trinidad and Tobago) provides a detailed examination of the development of the steel band movement as it evolved from 1939-1951. Based large
Higman (history, U. of the West Indies, and history, Australian National U.) examines the life of Scottish native Reverend John Lindsay. Ordained as a clergyman in the Church of England, Lindsay lived
Macedo (Caribbean studies, U. of Warwick, UK) presents the first book to focus solely on the academic works of Caribbean/Black British author and academic David Dabydeen (literary studies, U. of Warwi
This detailed atlas was prepared to promote hazards awareness among general readers as well as planners, developers, and decision-makers in Jamaica. In photos and maps alongside text, substantial, spe
Marshall (Leeds Metropolitan U., Britain) describes how the trickster spider god of West Africa survived cultural metamorphosis and became symbolic of the struggles of black slaves through the African
Appropriate for academic audiences, this book represents a series of revised and expanded essays first formulated for the 2009 conference "First They Must Be Children": The Child and the Caribbean Ima
Barriteau (gender and public policy, U. of the West Indies, Barbados) brings together gender and public policy, sociology, political science, social and economic studies, and history and philosophy sc
Fourteen chapters, presented by Fulani (liberal studies, New York U.) examine the music, performance, and cultural impact of significant female artists based in the Caribbean and its diaspora, as well
Alfred H. Mendes, a writer in Trinidad in the 1930s, was a member of the Beacon group of Trinidadian artists and writers. This work collects his poems, short stories, journalism, and letters from the
