Before there was the Caribbean Common Market (CARICOM)‚ there was the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA). CARIFTA was intended to encourage balanced development of the region by increasing‚ diversifying and liberating trade‚ also ensuring fair CARIFTA was limited as the free trade area was not enough to garner the desired economic efficiency. According to Bernal (2007) “... it did not provide for free movement of labour and capital‚ or for the coordination of agricultural‚ industrial and
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Question: Examine the methods employed by planters to induce "labourers" to work on sugar estates after emancipation. Full emancipation of the slaves was achieved in 1838 in the British West Indies and 1848 in the French colonies. The post-emancipation period was viewed with fear by planters who believed that mass of ex-slaves would exodus the plantations‚ robbing them of their labour supply. In many cases this was so. However‚ one can argue that the British West Indies experienced a greater labour
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Sink or swim: Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited made efforts to adapt to the paradigm shift of Information Technology and its function within the ever-growing cruise line industry Jesse Brothers Abstract Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited (RCCL) was founded in 1969. They currently operate under the brands of Royal Caribbean International‚ Celebrity Cruises and Pullmantor. Predominantly known as the second largest cruise ship company behind Carnival
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Question 1: Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of functionalist explanations as applied to the study of contemporary society. Support your response with details and examples from studies conducted in the Caribbean on stratification. Functionalism is a consensus perspective that sees society as based on shared values into which members are socialized. It sees society as like an organism‚ each part performing functions to maintain the system as a whole. For example‚ religion‚ the education system
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Section A Theme 2 – Caribbean Economy and Slavery The West African Coast was the source of the Caribbean’s labour from the 1500s to the 1800s much to the detriment of Africa’s Development and Progress. Justify this statement outlining and assessing the way(s) in which the slave trade impacted West African societies. (35 marks) Slavery is commonly defined as “the condition in which one human being owns another”. A slave is consequently considered the property of that person and is thus deprived
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“I am living while I ’m living to the father I will pray‚ only he knows how we get through every day‚ with all the hike in the price‚ arm and leg we have to pay‚ while our leaders play…” Myrie et al (1995‚ track 5). This song “Untold Stories” sung by Mark Anthony Myrie‚ 1973‚ popularly known as ‘Buju Banton‚’ a powerful Jamaican dancehall‚ ragga‚ and reggae musician. He has also recorded Pop and Dance songs‚ as well as songs dealing with political topics. Banton is politically outspoken and highly
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HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES UNIT HUMANITIES COURSE SYLLABUS History of the Caribbean: LAC 108 Tuesday and Thursday: 11:00AM-12:15PM Professor: Ana Ozuna‚ Ph.D. Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday‚ 2:00PM-3:30PM Office: C-417 E-mail: aozuna@hostos.cuny.edu Tel.: 718-518-6852 REQUIRED TEXTS Palmié‚ S.‚ & Scarano‚ F. A. (Eds.). (2011) The Caribbean‚ a History of the Region and Its Peoples. Chicago: UP Chicago. ISBN-13: 978-0226645087 Handouts
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century was the introduction of the sugar cane to the Caribbean Islands. During the “sugar revolution‚” sugar was in high demand and required a greater supply of labor. The importation of African slaves through the transatlantic slave trade provided the labor necessary to keep up with the rigorous demands for sugar products. The transportation of slaves to the New World was a lucrative business‚ from which the Europeans greatly benefited. The Caribbean Islands produced the greatest portion of supplies
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drawing specific reference to the nature of slave society and how the enslaved fought against their enslavement. Every society‚ in the Caribbean or anywhere else‚ is a product of the particular historical forces that shaped it and gave it form. For the Caribbean the most impactful historical force was the introduction of slavery and slave societies to the Caribbean and the period thereafter‚ up until its abolition. Although slavery is done‚ it is still important that we remember it and those who fought
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Pere Labat 1693-1705 London Cass Co Ltd‚ 1970 Gachet‚ Charles A History of the Roman Catholic Church in St. Lucia Port of Spain Key Caribbean Publications Ltd‚ 1970 Gaspard‚ David Barry La Guerre des Bois Revolution‚ War and Slavery in St. Lucia‚ 1793-1838 Gaspard‚ Barry David and David Patrick Geggus A Turbulent Time The French Revolution and the Greater Caribbean‚ Bloomington Indiana University Press‚ 1997 Kolar‚ Ernestine St. Lucia Sklaverei‚ Emanzipation‚ und Freiheit PhD thesis Univ. Of Vienna
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