Anke Birkenmaier - Caribbean Migrations: The Legacies of Colonialism

Critical Caribbean Studies

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Anke Birkenmaier, ed., Caribbean Migrations: The Legacies of Colonialism

Edited by Anke Birkenmaier

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Birkenmaier, Anke, editor. Title: Caribbean migrations : the legacies of colonialism / edited by Anke Birkenmaier. Description: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2020. | Series: Critical caribbean studies | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020009850 | ISBN 9781978814493 (paperback) | ISBN 9781978814509 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781978814516 (epub) | ISBN 9781978814523 (mobi) | ISBN 9781978814530 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Caribbean AreaCivilization. | Caribbean AreaIntellectual life. | Caribbean AreaEmigration and immigration. | PostcolonialismCaribbean Area. | West IndiansMigrations. Classification: LCC F2169.C3677 2020 | DDC 972.9dc23LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020009850

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