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A Continent of Islands

Searching for the Caribbean Destiny

A Continent of Islands( )
Author: Kurlansky, Mark
ISBN:978-0-201-62231-7
Publication Date:Mar 1993
Publisher:Hachette Books
Imprint:Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $21.99
Book Description:

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...
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Book Details
Pages:336
Detailed Subjects: Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American
Social Science / Sociology / General
History / Caribbean & West Indies / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.045 x 8.931 x 0.702 Inches
Book Weight:1.062 Pounds
Author Biography
Kurlansky, Mark (Author)
Mark Kurlansky is the author of The Basque History of the World, the New York Times bestseller Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (among the New York Public Library's Best Books of the Year in 1998), as well as A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry; A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny, and several acclaimed works of short fiction and journalism about the Caribbean. He spent seven years as the Caribbean correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.

He lives in New York City.

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