The Dutch in the Caribbean and on the Wild Coast 1580-1680

The Dutch in the Caribbean and on the Wild Coast 1580-1680
Author: Cornelis CH. Goslinga
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2018-02-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 1947372734

The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida’s long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the Sunshine State and its neighboring islands. Books in this series show how early explorers found and settled Florida and the Caribbean. They tell the tales of early pioneers, both foreign and domestic. They examine topics critical to the area such as travel, migration, economic opportunity, and tourism. They look at the growth of Florida and the Caribbean and the attendant pressures on the environment, culture, urban development, and the movement of peoples, both forced and voluntary. The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series gathers the rich data available in these architectural, archaeological, cultural, and historical works, as well as the travelogues and naturalists’ sketches of the area in prior to the twentieth century, making it accessible for scholars and the general public alike. The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series is made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, under the Humanities Open Books program.

The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600–1800

The Dutch Overseas Empire, 1600–1800
Author: Pieter C. Emmer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2020-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108428371

This pioneering history of the Dutch Empire provides a new comprehensive overview of Dutch colonial expansion from a comparative and global perspective. It also offers a fascinating window into the early modern societies of Asia, Africa and the Americas through their interactions.

Decolonising the Caribbean

Decolonising the Caribbean
Author: Gert Oostindie
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2003
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789053566541

Annotation Elizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part of her coaching and consulting practice. She has edited Requirements for Certification since the 2000-01 edition.

Paradise Overseas

Paradise Overseas
Author: Gert Oostindie
Publisher: MacMillan
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN:

Presents a tour around the main themes of Dutch Caribbean history and its contemporary legacies. Drawing on expertise in Caribbean and Latin American studies, this work posits an analysis of the Dutch Caribbean in a comparative framework. It is aimed at historians, anthropologists and political scientists alike.

Equaliberty in the Dutch Caribbean

Equaliberty in the Dutch Caribbean
Author: Yvon van der Pijl
Publisher: Critical Caribbean Studies
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2022
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781978818675

Equaliberty in the Dutch Caribbean explores fundamental questions of equality and freedom on the various non-sovereign islands of the Dutch Caribbean. While this collection of essays recognizes the existence of nationalist independence movements, it challenges conventional assumptions about political non/sovereignty, opening a critical space to look at other forms of political articulation, autonomy, liberty, and a good life.

The Dutch Caribbean

The Dutch Caribbean
Author: Betty Nelly Sedoc-Dahlberg
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1990
Genre: Aruba
ISBN: 9782881243851

For abstract see: Caribbean abstracts, no. 1 (1990); p. 121, no. 557; Itinerario, vol. 14, no. 3/4 (1990); p. 52, no. 4574. - For review see: Rosemarijn Hoefte, in European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 51 (December 1991); p. 150-151; Peter Meel, in New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, vol. 66, no. 3 & 4 (1992); p. 262-265.

The Island of Lace

The Island of Lace
Author: Eric A. Eliason
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2019-06-06
Genre: Art
ISBN: 149682363X

Nicknamed the “Island of Lace,” the Caribbean island of Saba is the smallest special municipality in the Netherlands. Folklorist Eric A. Eliason, at the behest of the president of the Saba Lace Ladies’ Foundation and Saba’s director of tourism, traveled to the island with the intent to document the history and patterns of Saba lace. Born out of his research, The Island of Lace tells the story of lacework’s central role in Saba’s culture, economy, and history. Accompanied by over three hundred of Scott Squire’s intimate photographs of lace workers and their extraordinary island society, this volume brings together in one place an as-complete-as-possible catalog of the rich designs worked by Saban women. For 130 years, the practice of drawn threadwork—also known as Spanish work, fancy work, lacework, or Saba lace—has shaped the lives of Saban women. And yet, as the younger generation moves away from the island, it still survives. Sabans use drawn threadwork to symbolize the uniqueness of their island and express the ingenuity, diligence, bold inventiveness, pride in workmanship, love of beauty, and respect for tradition that define the Saban spirit. Along with recording and honoring the creative legacy of generations of Saban women, this book serves as a guide to folk-art lace patterns from Saba so that practitioners can reference and perhaps re-create this work. The Island of Lace is the most comprehensive volume on this singular tradition ever published.

The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Constitutions

The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Constitutions
Author: Richard Albert
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 753
Release: 2020-04-09
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0198793049

The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Constitutions offers a detailed and analytical view of the constitutions of the Caribbean region, examining the constitutional development of its diverse countries. The Handbook explains the features of the region's constitutions and examines themes emerging from the Caribbean's experience with constitutional interpretation and reform.0Part I, 'Caribbean Constitutions in the World', highlights what is distinctive about the constitutions of the Caribbean. Part II covers the constitutions of the Caribbean in detail, offering a rich analysis of the constitutional history, design, controversies, and future challenges in each country or group of countries. Each chapter in this section addresses topics such as the impact of key historical and political events on the constitutional landscape for the jurisdiction, a systematic account of the interaction between the legislature and the executive, the civil service, the electoral system,0and the independence of the judiciary.0Part III addresses fundamental rights debates and developments in the region, including the death penalty and socio-economic rights. Finally, Part IV features critical reflections on the challenges and prospects for the region, including the work of the Caribbean Court of Justice and the future of constitutional reform.0This is the first book of its kind, bringing together in a single volume a comprehensive review of the constitutional development of the entire Caribbean region, from the Bahamas in the north to Guyana and Suriname in South America, and all the islands in between. While written in English, the book embraces the linguistic and cultural diversity of the region, and covers the Anglophone Caribbean as well as the Spanish-, French-, and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries.