On the Move :The Caribbean since 1989 ( 1 )

Publication subTitle :The Caribbean since 1989

Publication series :1

Author: Bronfman   Alejandra  

Publisher: Zed Books‎

Publication year: 2008

E-ISBN: 9781848131590

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781842777671

Subject: K7 Americas History

Keyword: 美洲史

Language: ENG

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Description

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. This work argues that the Carribean is, and has always been, deeply engaged with the wider world.

Chapter

Map: The Caribbean Basin

Map: Greater and Lesser Antilles

Introduction

A very brief history

Circulations

The chapters

1 | Transporting citizenship

Early migrations

Politicization and recognition

Looking homeward

Aristide’s return and the vagaries of neoliberalism

Migration and desperation

Migration and conspiracy

Influence, fragmentation, violence

Conclusion

2 | Sell it to save it

Negotiating socialism

Tourism

Mining

Biotech

More tourism

Left turns

Left behind

Conclusion

3 | The traffic

How ganja came to Jamaica

The rise of cocaine

Popular politics and the culture of ganja

Clientelism and the politics of violence

Strategies of survival

Dealers needed

Cocaine returns

Flows and interdictions

Crack goes to Europe

Effects at home

One man’s story

Ongoing battles

Epistemology of drugs

Conclusion

4 | Wired on the islands

Cellular phones

Internet

Education

Data processing

Labor and gender

Offshore money

Gambling

Conclusion

Conclusion: on history

Notes

Further reading

Index

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