Main currents in Caribbean thought : the historical evolution of Caribbean society in its ideological aspects, 1492-1900
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Main currents in Caribbean thought : the historical evolution of Caribbean society in its ideological aspects, 1492-1900
（The Johns Hopkins studies in Atlantic history and culture）
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987
Available at 3 libraries
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Originally published, 1983
Bibliography: p. 331-364
Includes index
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Probes deeply into the multicultural origins of Caribbean society Defines and traces the evolution of the distinctive ideology that has arisen from the region's unique historical mixture of peoples and beliefs Main Currents in Caribbean Thought probes deeply into the multicultural origins of Caribbean society, defining and tracing the evolution of the distinctive ideology that has arisen from the region's unique historical mixture of peoples and beliefs. Among the topics that noted scholar Gordon K. Lewis covers are the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century beginnings of Caribbean thought, pro- and antislavery ideologies, the growth of Antillean nationalist and anticolonialist thought during the nineteenth century, and the development of the region's characteristic secret religious cults from imported religions and European thought. Since its original publication in 1983, Main Currents in Caribbean Thought has remained one of the most ambitious works to date by a leader in modern Caribbean scholarship. By looking into the Caribbean mind, Lewis shows how European, African, and Asian ideas became creolized and Americanized, creating an entirely new ideology that continues to shape Car
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