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Recharting the Caribbean: Land, Law, and Citizenship in the British Virgin Islands
Bill (William) M. Maurer
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Paperback. This careful study of the British Virgin Islands calls attention to the ways in which ideas about nature and choice have come to justify a social order in which half the population is deemed not to belong and is denied legal rights. Num Pages: 320 pages, facsimiles, maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JHBC; JHMC; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
If, as many cultural critics have asserted, the world is becoming more like the Caribbean, then the task of charting what we mean by "the Caribbean" is an urgent one. This careful study of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) calls attention to the ways in which ideas about nature and choice have come to justify a social order in which half the population is deemed not to belong and is denied legal rights.
The BVI, one of Britain's few remaining colonial possessions, has become an important destination point for Caribbean migrants and a center for international financial services. Bill Maurer ... Read more
If, as many cultural critics have asserted, the world is becoming more like the Caribbean, then the task of charting what we mean by "the Caribbean" is an urgent one. This careful study of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) calls attention to the ways in which ideas about nature and choice have come to justify a social order in which half the population is deemed not to belong and is denied legal rights.
The BVI, one of Britain's few remaining colonial possessions, has become an important destination point for Caribbean migrants and a center for international financial services. Bill Maurer ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472086931
SKU
V9780472086931
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