1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990002016420403321

Titolo

Biology of termites / edited by Kumar Krishna, Frances M. Weesner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; London : Academic Press, 1969-

Descrizione fisica

2 v., 1240 p. compl. ; 23 cm

Disciplina

595.736

Locazione

DAGEN

Collocazione

61 IV E.2/30

61 IV E.2/29

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777525803321

Titolo

Contemporary Caribbean cultures and societies in a global context [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Franklin W. Knight and Teresita Martínez-Vergne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2005

ISBN

979-88-908789-7-7

0-8078-7690-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KnightFranklin W

Martínez VergneTeresita

Disciplina

972.905/3

Soggetti

Globalization

Antilles, Greater Civilization 21st century

Caribbean Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-280) and index.



Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Teresita Martínez-Vergne and Franklin W. Knight -- Challenges to Caribbean economies in the era of globalization / Helen McBain -- Globalization, the World Bank, and the Haitian economy / Alex Dupuy -- Creolization in Havana: the oldest form of globalization / Antonio Benítez-Rojo -- Showing face: Boxing and nation building in contemporary Puerto Rico / Frances Negrón-Muntaner -- Creolité in the hood: diaspora as source and challenge / Juan Flores -- Glocal spirituality: consumerism and heritage in a Puerto Rican Afro-Latin folk religion / Raquel Romberg -- Women's grass-roots organizations in the Dominican Republic: real and imagined female figures / Valentina Peguero -- Race and politics in Cuba / Aline Helg -- Jamaican reggae and the articulation of social and historical consciousness in musical discourse / Jorge L. Giovannetti -- Rum, revolution, and globalization: past, present, and future of a Caribbean product / Anthony P. Maingot.

Sommario/riassunto

Provides a measure of, as well as a model for, scholarship on globalization in the Caribbean. Highlighting social and cultural aspects of the region, these essays examine cultural phenomena in their creolized forms - from sports and religion to music and drink, from racial inequality and feminist activism to indebtedness and economic uncertainty.