U. of Alabama Press
Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — December 2011
Islands at the crossroads; migration, seafaring, and interaction in the Caribbean.
Ed. by L. Antonio Curet and Mark W. Hauser. (Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory)
U. of Alabama Press, ©2011 314 p. $35.00 GN564
978-0-8173-5655-2
Focusing on human relationships and the interactions between various groups and sub-groups, this collection of essays expounding on the nature and history of the Caribbean peoples and geography, gives insight into its changing social climate over time. Rather than discussing Caribbean culture as a whole, the interactions of individuals and small groups of Islanders are investigated to expose the intricacies that set the waters of change in motion. The exchange of ideas, information, beliefs, goods and materials on a molecular level give birth to the emerging culture left in its place. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
