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... tion is a heady one for more than one reason . In the first place it involves the grand epic of the Arawaks ; the departure from the Amazon basin , the ascension of the Orinoco , the arrival at the Caribbean coast , the meticulous ...
... tion is a heady one for more than one reason . In the first place it involves the grand epic of the Arawaks ; the departure from the Amazon basin , the ascension of the Orinoco , the arrival at the Caribbean coast , the meticulous ...
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... tion of America could ever be seen as better than anyone else's . Indeed , if one looks into the pages of any local ... tion economics , Asian immigration , rigid and prolonged colonial domina- tion - there are other obvious factors that ...
... tion of America could ever be seen as better than anyone else's . Indeed , if one looks into the pages of any local ... tion economics , Asian immigration , rigid and prolonged colonial domina- tion - there are other obvious factors that ...
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... tion practice now generalized , Las Casas estimated the number of slaves at 30,000 , and gave the figure of 70,000 for the rest of the colonies . Even if we take Las Casas's figures as exaggerated , it is certain that in the sec- ond ...
... tion practice now generalized , Las Casas estimated the number of slaves at 30,000 , and gave the figure of 70,000 for the rest of the colonies . Even if we take Las Casas's figures as exaggerated , it is certain that in the sec- ond ...
Contents
From Columbuss machine to the sugarmaking machine | 5 |
From rhythm to polyrhythm | 16 |
From literature to carnival | 22 |
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The Repeating Island: The Caribbean and the Postmodern Perspective Antonio Benitez-Rojo Limited preview - 1997 |
The Repeating Island: The Caribbean and the Postmodern Perspective Antonio Benitez-Rojo Limited preview - 1996 |
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