Women in Caribbean History

by Verene Shepherd

Paperback, 2012

Status

Available

Call number

305.409729

Collection

Library's review

This book is the first attempt to pull together the scattered material on women from the secondary sources into one place with the aim of providing students, teachers and the general reader with easily accessible information on Caribbean women of diverse ethnic origins. Women in Caribbean History,
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as an introductory text, responds to the need to project a more positive image of Caribbean women and to counter the stereotypes and negative images presented by early colonisers and settlers and the writings of European planters, missionaries and travellers to the Caribbean. There are over 80 maps, photographs and tables illustrating the activities of Caribbean women from pre-Columbian times to the contemporary period.
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Publication

Ian Randle Publishers (2012), 216 pages

Description

"Women in Caribbean History is a first attempt to pull together the scattered material on women from the secondary sources into one place with the aim of providing students, teachers and the general reader with easily accessible information on Caribbean women of diverse ethnic origins." "This introductory text attempts to respond to the need to project a more positive image of Caribbean women and to counter the stereotypes and negative images presented by early colonisers and settlers, and the writings of European planters, missionaries and travellers to the Caribbean."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

216 p.

ISBN

9768123303 / 9789768123305
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