Island people : the Caribbean and the world / Joshua Jelly-Schapiro.

"From the moment Columbus gazed out from the Santa Maria's deck in 1492 at what he mistook for an island off Asia, the Caribbean has been subjected to fantasies projected from without by the West, and viewed as a place to be consumed. It stood at the center of the transatlantic slave trade for more...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jelly-Schapiro, Joshua (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Caribbean Area > Civilization. Caribbean Area > History. Caribbean Area > Intellectual life. TRAVEL > Caribbean & West Indies. HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > General. HISTORY > Social History. Civilization. Intellectual life. Caribbean Area. TRAVEL / Caribbean & West Indies. HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General. HISTORY / Social History. Travel > Caribbean & West Indies. History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	x, 451 pages : map ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

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