Caribbean transformations.9780202309576 Caribbean transformations. Mintz, Sidney W. AldineTransaction 2007 355 pages $35.95 Paperback HN195 Mintz (anthropology emeritus e·mer·i·tus adj. Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement: a professor emeritus. n. pl. , Johns Hopkins Noun 1. Johns Hopkins - United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873) Hopkins 2. U.) describes the shifts in perception and the rich interplay in·ter·play n. Reciprocal action and reaction; interaction. intr.v. in·ter·played, in·ter·play·ing, in·ter·plays To act or react on each other; interact. of Caribbean cultures and situations that grow into new cultures, in part from his extensive study in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , Jamaica and Haiti. He begins with the introduction of the plantation Plantation, city (1990 pop. 66,692), Broward co., SE Fla., a residential suburb of Fort Lauderdale; inc. 1953. The city has grown rapidly along with the development of S Florida. system in the Caribbean, including the social and political implications of slavery and forced labor, using a site at Puerto Rica as a case study. He shows how those who escaped slavery developed a peasantry consisting of small land holdings and villages that sustained themselves while also trading on the world market, particularly in the case of Jamaica. He also examines national identity and the concept of nationhood from a Haitian perspective. Particularly interesting is Mintz's observations about the development of houses and yards as cultural spaces among Caribbean peasantry. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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