An Intellectual History of the Caribbean

• Author(s): S. Torres-Saillant,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 290
• ISBN_10: 1403983364
  ISBN_13: 9781403983367
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / General , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , Literary Criticism / American / General , Science / History , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Sociology / General , Literary Criticism / General , History / Social History ,

Description:... This is first intellectual history of the Caribbean written by a top Caribbean studies scholar. The book examines both the work of natives of the region as well as texts interpretive of the region produced by Western authors. Stressing the experimental and cultural particularity of the Caribbean, the study considers major questions in the field.