{"product_id":"island-people-the-caribbean-and-the-world-paperback","title":"Island People: The Caribbean and the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoshua Jelly-Schapiro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis masterwork of travel literature and history provides a kaleidoscopic portrait of the Caribbean and illuminates its fierce grip on the world's imagination. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the moment Columbus gazed out from the deck of the \u003ci\u003eSanta María\u003c\/i\u003e in 1492 at what he mistook for an island off Asia, the Caribbean has been subjected to the misunderstandings and fantasies of outsiders. Forged by more than three centuries of mass migration and slave labor, the region and its diverse peoples have helped shape the modern world--through politics, religion, economics, music, and culture. Joshua Jelly-Schapiro takes us from Cuba to Jamaica, Puerto Rico to Trinidad, Haiti to Barbados, chronicling with wit and keen insight this \"place where globalization began.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua Jelly-Schapiro, \u003c\/b\u003ea geographer and writer, is a regular contributor to the\u003ci\u003e The New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e who has also written for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York, Harper's\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other publications. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIsland People: The Carribbean and the World\u003c\/i\u003e, and the co-editor (with Rebecca Solnit) of \u003ci\u003eNonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a visiting scholar at the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU, where he also teaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755595497760,"sku":"9780345804990","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0602535c3961a22ffafe8707c2094b31.webp?v=1780063149","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/island-people-the-caribbean-and-the-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}