The Imagined Island: History, Identity, and Utopia in Hispaniola 0807856274, 9780807856277

In a landmark study of history, power, and identity in the Caribbean, Pedro L. San Miguel examines the historiography of

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The Imagined Island: History, Identity, and Utopia in Hispaniola
0807856274, 9780807856277

Since publication of Thomas More‘s Utopia more than five hundred years ago, there has been a steady stream of literary w

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The aim of this book is to approach the manifestation and evolution of the idea of Rome as an expression of Roman patrio

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This collection of essays originated in the History Workshop 20 national conference at Leeds in 1985.

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All Things in Common explores the history of a Canadian utopian community, highlighting the roles of family, faith, and

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Through a microhistory of a small province in Upper Egypt, this book investigates the history of five world empires that

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Thomas Chatterton's fabrications—or "forgeries"—of historical poems ostensibly written from the thirteent

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Though debates over immigration have waxed and waned in the course of American history, the importance of immigrants to

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Since the extensive floods of 1966, inhabitants of Venice's laguna areas have come to share in, and reflect upon, c

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Examining the shift between American immigrant policy between 1924 and 1964, Ellis Island Nation traces the emergence of

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Barkcloth, or masi, is the traditional art form of the women of Vatulele Island. Its manufacture continues to flourish,

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