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English-Speaking Communities in Latin America Since Independence
Oliver . Ed(S): Marshall
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Description for English-Speaking Communities in Latin America Since Independence
Paperback. Since independence, Latin America has maintained close links with Britain. This book examines past, present and putative future cultural and social implications of the relationship through case studies focusing on English-speaking immigrants and their descendants throughout Latin America. Editor(s): Marshall, Oliver. Series: Institute of Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 415 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; GTB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 632.
Since independence at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Latin America has maintained close links with Britain. This book examines the cultural and social implications of the relationship through a series of case studies that focus on British, Irish, and West Indian immigrants and their descendants in Mexico, Central and South America. The contributors - historians, anthropologists and sociolinguists - explore the past, present and putative future of English-speaking communities in Latin America and the relationships with their host societies.
Since independence at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Latin America has maintained close links with Britain. This book examines the cultural and social implications of the relationship through a series of case studies that focus on British, Irish, and West Indian immigrants and their descendants in Mexico, Central and South America. The contributors - historians, anthropologists and sociolinguists - explore the past, present and putative future of English-speaking communities in Latin America and the relationships with their host societies.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
415
Condition
New
Series
Institute of Latin American Studies
Number of Pages
387
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333770160
SKU
V9780333770160
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99-15
About Oliver . Ed(S): Marshall
FLORENCIA CORTÉS-CONDE Director, Communications Programme, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires DARIÉN J. DAVID Associate Professor of History, Middlebury College, Vermont GEOFFREY FISHER Geography Department, University of Derby ROSS A. GRAHAM Freelance Teacher LOUISE GUENTHER Assistant Professor of History, St John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico RONALD HARPELLE Assistant Professor of History, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario DEBORAH JAKUBS Adjunct ... Read more
Reviews for English-Speaking Communities in Latin America Since Independence
'Collections of essays often too broadly or too narrowly circumscribe their topic to be useful for comparative purposes, but this collection works well.' - British Bulletin of Publications