The South and the Caribbean

by Douglass Sullivan-González (Editor), Charles Reagan Wilson (Editor)

Overview

The first comprehensive study of the close ties between the American South and the Caribbean, with essays and commentaries by Roger D. Abrahams, Kenneth Bilby, David Eltis, Stanley L. Engerman, Aline Helg, Milton Jamail, Charles Joyner, Daniel C. Littlefield, Bonham C. Richardson, and Ralph Lee Woodward, Jr.

With the trade of sugar, rum, and African slaves in the islands that form a perimeter around the Gulf of Mexico, the broad expanse of water known as the Caribbean ringed what came to be known as the South.

Today concise political boundaries separate the coasts of the American South from the multicultural worlds that dominate the islands. Yet all anecdotal evidence suggests far greater ties. One listens to the reggae in the streets of New Orleans or to the rumba in Atlanta. One notes the moans of the blues in the cafes of Veracruz and watches Major League games in which young Dominican athletes hurling lightning-fast balls become national heroes on their island homeland bes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781934110379
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	06/01/2007
Series:	Chancellor Porter L. Fortune Symposium in Southern History Series
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

At the University of Mississippi, Douglass Sullivan-González is an associate professor of history.


At the University of Mississippi, Charles Reagan Wilson is the director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Introduction	ix
	The South and the Caribbean: A Regional Perspective	3
	Comparative Slavery: African Culture in the South and the Caribbean	21
	Commentary: Stanley L. Engerman
	The Problem of Race in Cuba and the United States	49
	Commentary: Daniel C. Littlefield
	Afro-Caribbean Culture and the South: Music with Movement	97
	Commentary: Kenneth Bilby
	The Political Economy of the Caribbean	127
	Commentary: David Eltis
	Baseball in Southern Culture, American Culture, and the Caribbean	151
	Notes	167
	Contributors	199
	Index	201