The United States And The Caribbean

The United States And The Caribbean

Author: Anthony Maingot

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0429975422

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An exploration of the interdependence between the Caribbean states and the United States. The book looks at their changing relationships throughout history. The author traces the history of these relationships form 1823 to the end of the Cold War and examines the US response to the Marxist challenge. He then turns to an investigation of different a


Small Country Development And International Labor Flows

Small Country Development And International Labor Flows

Author: Anthony Maingot

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-06-26

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1000311589

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This book examines policies that nations of emigration and immigration can use to maximize the flow of resources from the emigrants to the home country. It explores interaction of factors such as migration, trade and foreign investment on local and economic development in Mexico and the Caribbean.


Journeys to the Spiritual Lands

Journeys to the Spiritual Lands

Author: Wallace W. Zane

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1999-06-17

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 0195351789

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Although much has been written on the Afro-Catholic syncretic religions of Vodou, Candomble, and Santeria, the Spiritual Baptists--an Afro-Caribbean religion based on Protestant Christianity--have received little attention. This work offers the first detailed examination of the Spiritual Baptists or "Converted". Based on 18 months of fieldwork on the Island of St. Vincent (where the religion arose) and among Vincentian immigrants in Brooklyn, Zane's analysis makes a contribution to the literature on African-American and African Diaspora religion and the anthropology of religion more generally.


Sending Money Home

Sending Money Home

Author: Rodolfo O. De la Garza

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780742518865

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For international migrants seeking employment in the United States, the desire to remit a portion of their earnings to their home countries is a time-honored custom. The flow of money southward from the United States has evolved from a stream flowing from families through informal networks to a major river with new tributaries fed by transnational migrant organizations, channeled through an increasingly formal marketplace, and attracting the involvement of home country governments. This volume tracks the evolution of the flow of money 'home, ' offering new data to enhance the picture and understanding of this important economic phenomenon


Free Markets, Open Societies, Closed Borders?

Free Markets, Open Societies, Closed Borders?

Author: Max J. Castro

Publisher: University of Miami, North/South Center Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13:

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Latin American and Caribbean immigration into the USA now accounts for half of all immigrants entering the country. In this volume, contributors analyze the tightening immigration policies in the USA and Canada alongside their promotion of free trade and hemispheric integration.