Editorial
Islands contain, islands imprison, and islands protect, but make escape difficult. The islands of the Caribbean are no exception to this historical human experience. To this day several islands are under European rule. And the highest security prison the world has surely ever known, Guantanamo Bay,...
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Transtext(e)s Transcultures
2009
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| Acceso en liña: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | Islands contain, islands imprison, and islands protect, but make escape difficult. The islands of the Caribbean are no exception to this historical human experience. To this day several islands are under European rule. And the highest security prison the world has surely ever known, Guantanamo Bay, is enclaved on the southern tip of Cuba. The Caribbean islands first saw their existing population exterminated. Then arrived the slave ships from Africa. Slavery abolished, new cheap labour was... |
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