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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 451 pages : map ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |