Three Ancient Colonies: Caribbean Themes and Variations

by Sidney W. Mintz

Book Overview

As a young anthropologist, Sidney Mintz undertook fieldwork in Jamaica, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. Fifty years later, the eminent scholar of the Caribbean returns to those experiences to meditate on the societies and on the island people who befriended him. These reflections illuminate continuities and differences between these cultures, but even more they exemplify the power of people to reveal their own history.

Mintz seeks to conjoin his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674066219
• ISBN13: 9780674066212
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"