U.S.-Caribbean relations : their impact on peoples and culture

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U.S.-Caribbean relations : their impact on peoples and culture

edited by Ransford W. Palmer

Praeger, 1998

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Includes index

Bibliography: p. [151]-155

Contents of Works

  • An overview / Ransford W. Palmer
  • United States-Caribbean relations from World War II to the present : the social nexus / Fitzroy A. Baptiste
  • Economic development of the English-speaking Caribbean and relations with the United States : tourism and migration / Jay. R. Mandle
  • In search of a better life : Caribbean migration to America / Ransford W. Palmer
  • The future of U.S. immigration policy / Curtis A. Ward
  • Exporting culture : Caribbean Americans in New York City / Joyce Toney
  • From CBI to ACS : some cultural dimensions / Errol Miller
  • Channels of discovery : perceptions of culture and sovereignty in the Caribbean / Merle Collins
  • Religious imperatives in Caribbean development : the U.S. connection / Kortright Davis
  • Repositioning U.S.-Caribbean relations : reflections on development and African-Caribbean-American cultural identities / James Early

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Challenging the traditional focus on economic development, this book emphasizes the importance of cultural development in any development strategy. It examines the interaction of the American and Caribbean populations and the influence that interaction has had on their perceptions of each other and of themselves. Although trade is an important component of U.S.-Caribbean relations, the book underscores that population movements and their attendant cultural influences are powerful factors in those relations. While trade, population movements, and security considerations have traditionally been the three main components of U.S.-Caribbean relations, the chapters in this contributed book emphasize the importance of a fourth—culture. U.S.-Caribbean relations influence and are influenced by Caribbean perceptions of themselves and of the United States; perceptions that are being transformed by American telecommunications, the movements of American tourists to the Caribbean and of Caribbean immigrants to America. Out of these interactions, a new Caribbean cultural identity is emerging, one that will influence the traditional relationship between the U.S. and the Caribbean.

Table of Contents

An Overview Historical Perspective U.S.-Caribbean Relations from World War II to the Present: The Social Nexus by Fitzroy A. Baptiste Population Movements Economic Development of the English-Speaking Caribbean and Relations with the United States: Tourism and Migration by Jay R. Mandle In Search of a Livelihood: Caribbean Migration to America by Ransford W. Palmer Cultural Dimensions of U.S.-Caribbean Relations Exporting Culture: Caribbean Americans in New York City by Joyce Toney From CBI to ACS: Some Cultural Dimensions by Errol Miller Channels of Discovery: Perceptions of Culture and Sovereignty in the Caribbean by Merle Collins Religious Imperative in Caribban Development: The U.S. Connection by Kortright Davis African Caribbean American Cultural Identities: The U.S. Connection by James Early Selected Bibliography Index

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