Our Caribbean Kin : Race and Nation in the Neoliberal Antilles /

Beset by the forces of European colonialism, US imperialism and neoliberalism, the people of the Antilles have had good reasons to band together politically and economically, yet not all Dominicans, Haitians and Puerto Ricans have heeded the calls for collective action. So what has determined whethe...

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Main Author: Reyes-Santos, Alaí (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Series:Critical Caribbean studies.
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