| Description |
1 online resource (131 pages) : maps. |
| Series |
Global history of the present |
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Global history of the present.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-125) and index. |
| Contents |
Transporting citizenship -- Sell it to save it -- The traffic -- Wired on the islands. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
The Caribbean stands out in the popular imagination as a 'place without history', a place which has somehow eluded modernity. Haiti is envisioned as being trapped in an endless cycle of violence and instability, Cuba as a 1950s time warp, Jamaicans as ganja-smoking Rastafarians, while numerous pristine, anonymous islands are simply peaceful idylls. The notion of 'getting away from it all' lures countless visitors, offering the possibility of total disconnect for the world-weary. In On the Move Alejandra Bronfman argues that in fact the opposite is true; the Carribean is, and has always been, d. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost History Reference Center |
| Subject |
Caribbean Area -- Civilization -- 20th century.
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Caribbean Area -- History -- 1945-
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HISTORY -- General.
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Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
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Caribbean Area. (OCoLC)fst01244080
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1900
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bronfman, Alejandra, 1962- On the move. Halifax, N.S. : Fernwood Pub. ; London ; New York : Zed Books, 2007 9781842777671 184277767X (DLC) 2007014666 (OCoLC)85691802 |
| ISBN |
9781848131590 (electronic book) |
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1848131593 (electronic book) |
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9781842777671 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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184277767X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781842777664 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1842777661 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781552662434 (Fernwood) |
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1552662438 (Fernwood) |
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