On the move : the Caribbean since 1989 / Alejandra Bronfman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bronfman, Alejandra, 1962- author.

Series:

Global history of the present.

Global history of the present

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caribbean Area--Civilization--20th century.

Caribbean Area.

Caribbean Area--History--1945-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (140 p.)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2007.

Language Note:

English

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 being in a 1950s timewarp; Jamaicans are 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 escape for the world-weary." "In On the Move Alejandra Bronfman argues that in fact the opposite is true: the Caribbean is, and has always been, deeply engaged with the wider world. From drugs and tourism to international political struggles, these islands form and integral part of world history and of the present, and are themselves in a constant state of flux in the face of global transformations."--Jacket.

Contents:

Transporting citizenship

Sell it to save it

The traffic

Wired on the islands.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-125) and index.

ISBN:

9786611216092

9781350221628

1350221627

9781848137455

1848137451

9781281216090

1281216097

9781848131590

1848131593

9781780345116

1780345119

OCLC:

646750454