On the Move by Bronfman, Alejandra

On the Move (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781842777671)

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Format: Paperback
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On the Move by Bronfman, Alejandra

On the Move

$47.95
On the Move by Bronfman, Alejandra

On the Move

$47.95
Format: Paperback
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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 Caribbean is, and has always been, deeply engaged with the wider world. From drugs and tourism to international political struggles, these islands form an integral part of world history and of the present, and are themselves in a constant state of economic and social flux in the face of global transformations.

Author: Alejandra Bronfman
ISBN-10: 184277767X
ISBN-13: 9781842777671
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.53h x 6.34w x 0.45d
By Alejandra Bronfman
By Alejandra Bronfman
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Alejandra Bronfman is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia. She has travelled extensively in the Caribbean, and is the author of Measures of Equality: Social Science, Citizenship and Race in Cuba, 1902-1940 (2004) in addition to several articles on Caribbean history.
Alejandra Bronfman is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia. She has travelled extensively in the Caribbean, and is the author of Measures of Equality: Social Science, Citizenship and Race in Cuba, 1902-1940 (2004) in addition to several articles on Caribbean history.

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