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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790365703321

Autore

Rupert Linda Marguerite

Titolo

Creolization and contraband [[electronic resource] ] : Curaçao in the early modern Atlantic world / / by Linda M. Rupert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2012

ISBN

1-280-68578-6

9786613662729

0-8203-4368-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Collana

Early American places

Disciplina

972.986

Soggetti

Creoles - Curaçao - History

Intercultural communication - Curaçao - History

Papiamentu - Curaçao - History

Sephardim - Curaçao - History

Enslaved persons - Curaçao - History

Smuggling - Curaçao - History

Curaçao Commerce History

Curaçao History 17th century

Curaçao History 18th century

Curaçao Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. Emergence of an Entrepôt -- Converging Currents -- Atlantic Diasporas -- "Cruising to the Most Advantageous Places" -- Part 2. Socio-Cultural Interactions in a Maritime Trade Economy -- A Caribbean Port City -- Curaçao and Tierra Firme -- Language and Creolization -- Conclusions.