Ranked #1
Ada Ferrer, “Freedom’s Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
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When the Haitian Revolution abolished slavery in Haiti and established its independence from France, it affected surroun... Read more
9 Jul 2015
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Ranked #2
Raphael Dalleo, “American Imperialisms Undead: The Occupation of Haiti and the Rise of Caribbean Anti-colonialism” (UVa Press, 2016)
Raphael Dalleo, “American Imperialisms Undead: The Occupation of Haiti and the Rise of Caribbean Anti-colonialism” (UVa Press, 2016)
As Raphael Dalleo demonstrates in his wide-ranging and compelling American Imperialism Undead: The Occupation of Haiti a... Read more
23 Feb 2017
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David García, “Listening for Africa: Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins” (Duke UP, 2017)
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In Listening for Africa: Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins (Duke University Press, 2017... Read more
5 Sep 2018
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Rupert Lewis, "Marcus Garvey" (UP of West Indies, 2018)
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Rupert Lewis has written a biography of Marcus Garvey published by the University Press of the West Indies in 2018. His ... Read more
13 Feb 2020
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Angelique V. Nixon, “Resisting Paradise: Tourism, Diaspora, and Sexuality in Caribbean Culture” (U Press of Mississippi, 2015)
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It’s easy to conjure images of paradise when thinking of the Caribbean. The region is know for its lovely beaches, tempe... Read more
2 Dec 2015
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Kathryn Conrad on University Press Publishing
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As you may know, university presses publish a lot of good books. In fact, they publish thousands of them every year. The... Read more
3 Nov 2019
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Ranked #7
Jason McGraw, “The Work of Recognition: Caribbean Colombia and the Postemancipation Struggle for Citizenship” (UNC Press, 2014)
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In the 1850s, when the majority of the population of Colombia (known then as New Granada) embraced the emancipation of t... Read more
20 Oct 2015
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #8
Alexander Rocklin, "The Regulation of Religion and the Making of Hinduism in Colonial Trinidad" (UNC Press, 2019)
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Beginning in the mid 19th century, thousands of indentured laborers traveled from India to the Caribbean, and many settl... Read more
23 Sep 2019
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45mins
Ranked #9
Yarimar Bonilla, “Non-Sovereign Futures: French Caribbean Politics in the Wake of Disenchantment” (U of Chicago Press, 2015)
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As overseas departments of France, the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique are frequently described as anomalies within... Read more
10 Dec 2015
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Ranked #10
Daina Ramey Berry and Leslie Harris, "Sexuality and Slavery: Reclaiming Intimate Histories in the Americas" (U Georgia Press, 2018)
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Scholarly interest in the institution of American slavery is enjoying a kind of resurgence. Researchers are examining he... Read more
24 Jan 2019
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Sam Erman, "Almost Citizens: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Constitution, and Empire" (Cambridge UP, 2018)
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Sam Erman is the author of Almost Citizens: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Constitution, and Empire, published by Cambridge Unive... Read more
25 Jul 2019
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56mins
Ranked #12
Ruma Chopra, “Almost Home: Maroons between Slavery and Freedom in Jamaica, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone” (Yale UP, 2018)
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After being exiled from their native Jamaica in 1795, the Trelawney Town Maroons endured in Nova Scotia and then in Sier... Read more
21 Nov 2018
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39mins
Ranked #13
Kennetta H. Perry, “London is the Place for Me: Black Britons, Citizenship, and the Politics of Race (Oxford UP, 2015)
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Between the late 1940s and the early 1960s, hundreds of thousands of people from the British Commonwealth migrated the U... Read more
2 Mar 2016
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Harry Franqui-Rivera, "Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952" (U Nebraska Press, 2018)
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As the island of Puerto Rico transitioned from Spanish to U.S. imperial rule, the military and political mobilization of... Read more
10 Jan 2019
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1hr 32mins
Ranked #15
Brooke Newman, "A Dark Inheritance: Blood, Race, and Sex in Colonial Jamaica" (Yale UP, 2018)
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In an empire built on racial slavery, what roles do blood purity and citizenship play in the creation of subject citizen... Read more
27 Mar 2019
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #16
Marisol LeBrón and Yarimar Bonilla, "Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm" (Haymarket, 2019)
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Marking the two year anniversary of Hurricane María making landfall in Puerto Rico, the September 2019 release of the an... Read more
4 Oct 2019
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1hr 1min
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Lisandro Perez, “Sugar, Cigars and Revolution: The Making of Cuban New York” (NYU Press, 2018)
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A new book reveals an incredible slice of Cuban-American history that’s been all but forgotten until now. Lisandro Perez... Read more
1 Nov 2018
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34mins
Ranked #18
Louis A Perez Jr, “The Structure of Cuban History: Meanings and Purpose of the Past” (U of North Carolina Press, 2013)
Louis A Perez Jr, “The Structure of Cuban History: Meanings and Purpose of the Past” (U of North Carolina Press, 2013)
Cuba is changing fast. Or is it? Our understandings of Cuban history are shaped by decades of polarized interpretations.... Read more
30 Aug 2015
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57mins
Ranked #19
McKenzie Wark, "General Intellects: Twenty-One Thinkers for the Twenty-First Century" (Verso, 2017)
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McKenzie Wark’s new book offers 21 focused studies of thinkers working in a wide range of fields who are worth your atte... Read more
6 Dec 2018
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #20
David Wheat, "Atlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570-1640" (UNC Press, 2016)
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David Wheat’s fantastic book Atlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570-1640 (University of North Carolina Press, 2... Read more
18 Nov 2019
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