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A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny
Contributor(s): Kurlansky, Mark (Author)

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 ISBN: 0201622319     ISBN-13: 9780201622317
Publisher: Da Capo Press
OUR PRICE: $20.89  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: March 1993
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Annotation: "An engaging book by an excellent journalist. . . ".--Washington Post Book World. "A penetrating analysis of the social, political, sexual, and cultural worlds that exist behind the four-color Caribbean travel posters".--Kirkus Reviews. Photographs.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Caribbean & West Indies - Cuba
- Travel | Caribbean & West Indies
- History | Latin America - General
Dewey: 972.9
LCCN: 00000000
Lexile Measure: 1160(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.66" W x 9.38" L (1.10 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
 
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Publisher Description:
A penetrating analysis of the social, political, sexual, and cultural worlds that exist behind the four-color Caribbean travel posters. . . . Page after page of highly original insights.--Kirkus Reviews

In this richly detailed portrait of the individual countries and peoples of the Caribbean, Mark Kurlansky brings to life a society and culture often kept hidden from foreigners-the arts, history, politics, and economics of the region, as well as the vivid day-to-day lives of its citizens. From the Newyoriccans of Levittown, Puerto Rico; to the state-salaried popular musicians of Cuba; to the practitioners of good political hurricanemanship (who know how to stretch statistics to bring in relief funds), A Continent of Islands paints portraits that will prove equally fascinating to tourists who know the Caribbean only as a string of beach resorts, and to readers curious about U.S. efforts to influence its neighbors.
 
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