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General History of the Caribbean UNESCO Volume 6 : Methodology and Historiography of the Caribbean / by NA NA.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
NA, NA., Author.
Series:
Palgrave History Collection
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
America--History.
America.
Ethnology--Latin America.
Ethnology.
Culture.
Historiography.
History--Methodology.
History.
History of the Americas.
Latin American Culture.
Historiography and Method.
Local Subjects:
History of the Americas.
Latin American Culture.
Historiography and Method.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (XXII, 948 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2003.
Place of Publication:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Summary:
Volume6 looks at the ways historians have written the history of the region depending upon their methods of interpretation and differing styles of communicating their findings. The authors examine how the lingual diversity of the region has affected the historian's ability to coalesce an historical account. The second half of the volume describes the writing of history in the individual territories, taking into account changes in society, economy and political structure. This volume concludes with a detailed bibliography that is comprehensive of the entire series.
Contents:
Cover
Half-Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Description of the Project
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 The development of historical disciplines in the Caribbean
2 Linguistics and the oral tradition
3 Documentary evidence
4 Economic interpretations of Caribbean history
5 Gender in Caribbean history
6 Ideology in Caribbean history
7 Nationalism and imperialism in Caribbean history
8 Race, ethnicity and class in Caribbean history
9 Slavery and emancipation in Caribbean history
10 Labour movements in Caribbean history
11 Regional histories
12 Historiography of Cuba
13 Historiography of the Dominican Republic
14 Historiography of Puerto Rico
15 Historiography of Haiti
16 Historiography of Jamaica
17 Historiography of the Leeward Islands and the Virgin Islands
18 Historiography of Barbados, the Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana
19 Historiography of Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles
20 Historiography of the French Antilles and French Guyana
21 Historiography of the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands and Belize
22 Modes of dissemination
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9781349737765
1349737763
OCLC:
1193135476

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