| Description |
xii, 324 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Curse -- Problem with history -- Old gods and satellite dishes -- Color-coded nations -- Sacrifice and the revolution -- Why Damballah left -- Bajan burgers -- Prophets and profits -- Goats, the sheep, and the ugly time -- Two ways of looking at it -- Hint of vanilla -- Too strong a word -- Good election -- Death by pepper sauce -- Tenth man -- Diaspora -- Don Pedro in Levittown -- Cookie theory of underdevelopment -- In search of France -- History returns -- Continent (table). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-310) and index. |
| Subject |
Caribbean Area.
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| ISBN |
0201523965: $22.95 ($29.95 Canada) |
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