U. S. -Caribbean Relations Their Impact on Peoples and Culture

Name: U. S. -Caribbean Relations Their Impact on Peoples and Culture
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ISBN: 9780275958596

ISBN-10: 0275958590

ISBN-13: 9780275958596

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Authors: Ransford Palmer

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Challenging the traditional focus on economic development, this book emphasizes the importance of cultural development in any development strategy. It examines the interaction of the American and Caribbean populations and the influence that interaction has had on their perceptions of each other and of themselves. Although trade is an important component of U.S.-Caribbean relations, the book underscores that population movements and their attendant cultural influences are powerful factors in those relations. While trade, population movements, and security considerations have traditionally been the three main components of U.S.-Caribbean relations, the chapters in this contributed book…

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List price: $95.00
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 2/18/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments



An Overview




United States-Caribbean Relations from World War II to the Present: The Social Nexus




Economic Development of the English-Speaking Caribbean and Relations with the United States: Tourism and Migration




In Search of a Better Life: Caribbean Migration to America




The Future of U.S. Immigration Policy




Exporting Culture: Caribbean Americans in New York City




From CBI to ACS: Some Cultural Dimensions




Channels of Discovery: Perceptions of Culture and Sovereignty in the Caribbean




Religious Imperatives in Caribbean Development: The U.S. Connection




Repositioning U.S.-Caribbean Relations: Reflections on Development and African-Caribbean-American Cultural Identities



Selected Bibliography


Index


About the Editor and Contributors