The Jamaica Reader: History, Culture, Politics

Book Overview

From Miss Lou to Bob Marley and Usain Bolt to Kamala Harris, Jamaica has had an outsized reach in global mainstream culture. Yet many of its most important historical, cultural, and political events and aspects are largely unknown beyond the island. The Jamaica Reader presents a panoramic history of the country, from its precontact indigenous origins to the present. Combining more than one hundred classic and lesser-known texts that include...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478011513
• ISBN13: 9781478011514
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"