Caribbean Crucible: History‚ Culture‚ and Globalization Kevin A. Yelvington In the present age of globalization‚ it is often forgotten that these world-encompassing processes were initiated with European expansion into the Caribbean beginning more than five hundred years ago. We now see the proliferation of overseas factories enabling owners‚ producers‚ and consumers of products to be in widely distant locales. It seems to us that in the search for profits‚ commercial activity has recently spread
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Cape Sociology Unit 1 Sharisse Crick/2012 Changing Patterns in Caribbean Stratification The patterns of stratification which existed and continues to exist in the Caribbean can be traced to the history of the region. Groups who are similar with respect to ethnicity‚ race‚ education and status are more likely to intermarry and associate with themselves than with other groups. The poorer classes tend to comply with this arrangement since they do not have the power to change these patterns
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What is Peasantry? Peasant farming is described as small-scale farming for subsistence as well as for cash sale in the market. Initially‚ small farmers in the British West Indies produced crops for domestic use as well as for sale in the market. However‚ after 1860 these farmers began to export their crop. Reasons for the development of alternative crops 1. After 1834‚ small-scale agriculture grew out of the free-village movement as free blacks were determined to leave the sugar estate. Ex-slaves
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Dominican Republic and Jamaica‚ sisters of the Caribbean The Caribbean is a mixture of different cultures and people. Jamaica is under the island of Cuba and on the west side of Haiti. The Dominican Republic shares it land with Haiti on the west and Puerto Rico is on the east‚ crossing the ´´canal de la mona´´. These islands may look similar in a geographical view but they have some peculiarities. Aspects like their languages and the political situation where they are living make them unique. Since
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also the airline‚ taxi‚ restaurant and hotel industries Sex tourism is led by Barbados‚ and Jamaica in the Caribbean. World Tourism Organization: Prevention of Organized Sex Tourism. Human Rights organizations warn that sex tourism contributes to human trafficking and child prostitution.(Local Caribbean twang) White man love the Caribbean woman. So why not take the Caribbean woman to him. 40% of Prostitutes are children: due to poverty.what kind of life What if it was you. The
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A CRITIQUE OF THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE With special reference to the European Court of Justice By Victor Jordan‚ ABD(Econ.)‚ JD winsar@juno.com for The Fifth Annual SALISES Conference‚ Trinidad and Tobago titled “The CARICOM Single Market and Economy: Legal‚ Political‚ Economic and Social Dimensions” March 31 –April 2‚ 2004 The University of the West Indies‚ St. Augustine‚ Trinidad and Tobago INTRODUCTION The true power of any court lies in the confidence that the prospective users have
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Critically analyze the social and psychological development of Caribbean people in the last three decades. Many factors have impacted the social and psychological development of Caribbean people during the last thirty years. These include but are not limited to the history of the Caribbean‚ education‚ religion‚ sports‚ music‚ information communication technology‚ economic conditions and regional integration. Social development refers the ways in which individuals’ social interactions and expectations
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The natural disasters that are typically experienced in the Caribbean can have catastrophic and devastating impacts on the environment‚ economic development and social structure of these islands. Severe damage to the built infrastructure that has supported communities on Caribbean islands for decades can place a huge strain on economic activity. The social impacts that are experienced following natural disasters consist of homelessness‚ injury‚ suffering‚ sickness‚ disease‚ and even death. This paper
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Caribbean studies is a very fascinating subject for anyone to study but in order for one to know what exactly Caribbean Studies entails‚ we must know what is the basis of its existence‚ the Caribbean. The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea‚ the islands (most of which enclose the sea) and the surrounding coasts. The region is located east of Central America‚ the southeast of North America and north of South America. This region comprises more than 7000 islands‚ islets‚ reefs and
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First Writing Assignment October 4‚ 2014 Pre-Columbian History of the Caribbean Indigenous People The longitudinal area located between modern day Cuba and Barbados is known as the Caribbean region of America. This area was the location of two indigenous populations: Tainos and the Siboneys. Both indigenous groups‚ Tainos and Siboneys migrated to the Caribbean region. The first indigenous group to migrate to the Caribbean was the Siboneys. Although their origin has been debated‚ the common perception
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