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1	In a Free State more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist "In a Free State" deals in displacement. It tells first of an Indian servant in Washington, then of an Asian West Indian in London who is in jail for murder. Then the story moves to Africa, to a fictional country something like Uganda or Rwanda. The two main characters are English. They once found Africa liberating, but now it has gone sour on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The lonely Londoners. more books like this by Samuel Selvon add to wishlist The Lonely Londoners from the brilliant, sharp, witty pen of Sam Selvon, this is a classic award-winning novel of immigrant life in London in the 1950s. see all copies from $7.00! new only from $12.67! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Nigger of the Narcissus' and Other Stories more books like this by Joseph Conrad add to wishlist In Conrad's 1897 novel, THE NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS, the morale of a ship's crew is undermined by sympathy for a dying black sailor: a paradoxical situation that Conrad returned to often in his novels, which are frequently about the danger as well as the absolute necessity of human relationships. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| SVS
4	The West Indians of Costa Rica more books like this by Ronald N Harpelle add to wishlist Harpelle focuses on Caribbean migrants and their adaptation to life in a Hispanic society, particularly in Limon, where cultures and economies often clashed. Dealing with such issues as Garveyism, Afro-Christian religious beliefs, and class divisions within the West Indian community, "The West Indians of Costa Rica" sheds light on a community that ... see all copies from $22.01! new only from $22.01!
5	Lazy Eye more books like this by Donna Daley-Clarke add to wishlist Racial tensions and the plight of immigrant life in 1970s England create the backdrop for the story of a soccer player's act of violence that will haunt his son for years to come. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Banana Fallout: Class, Color, and Culture Among West Indians in Costa Rica more books like this by Trevor W Purcell add to wishlist The expansion of European capitalism engendered a worldwide dislocation of laboring people. With the mass appropriation of human labor came an inequality based largely on race. Representative of this process were the West Indians who fled poverty & sought opportunities in railroad construction & on United Fruit Company plantations in Costa Rica in ... see all copies from $12.55! new only from $163.77! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Among the Indians: Eight Years in the Far West 1858-1866 more books like this by Henry A Boller add to wishlist Embracing Sketches of Montana and Salt Lake. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $27.28! \| first editions \| SVS
8	West Indian Intellectuals in Britain more books like this by Bill Schwarz (Editor) add to wishlist Caribbean migration to Britain brought many new things - new musics, new foods, new styles. It brought new ways of thinking too. This innovative book explores the intellectual ideas which the West Indians brought with them to Britain. It shows that for more than a century West Indians living in Britain developed a dazzling intellectual critique of ... see all copies from $2.75! new only from $2.75! \| SVS
9	Final Passage more books like this by Caryl Phillips add to wishlist Leila is 19 years old and living on a small Caribbean island in the 1950s. Her subsequent passage to England brings her face to face with the consequences of the decisions she has made to determine her life on her own terms. By the author of the prize-winning "Crossing the River". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Carnival and the Formation of a Caribbean Transnation more books like this by Philip W Scher add to wishlist This dual-site ethnography follows the celebration of Carnival from Trinidad to North America, where immigrant Trinidadian-Americans loyally perpetuate this annual cultural event. Philip Scher uses the lens of transnationalism to explore the Carnival tradition transported from Trinidad by the immigrant Trinis living in Brooklyn, New York. As Scher ... see all copies from $4.69! new only from $23.42! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Zadie Smith's White Teeth more books like this by Claire Squires add to wishlist The "Continuum Contemporaries" series is designed to be a source of ideas and inspiration for members of book clubs and reading groups, as well as for literature students at school, college and university. The series aims to give readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels ... see all copies from $5.20! new only from $8.25! \| SVS
12 view cover	Survival of the Knitted: Immigrant Social Networks in a Stratified World more books like this by Vilna Francine Bashi add to wishlist Through this ethnography of West Indian social networks in New York, London, and the West Indies, Vilna Bashi shows how migrant life is patterned, structured, and regulated to provide critical financial and emotional support. She develops an important new general model of transnational immigrant network organization, the "hub and spoke" model, in ... see all copies from $12.50! new only from $18.21! \| SVS
13	Caribbean Festival Arts: Each and Every Bit of Difference more books like this by John Wallace Nunley, Judith Bettelheim add to wishlist see all copies from $8.55! new only from $65.00! \| first editions
14 view cover	Black Resistance in High School: Forging a Separatist Culture more books like this by Rovell Patrick Solomon add to wishlist see all copies from $8.19! new only from $21.95! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Pilgrims from the Sun: West Indian Migration to America (Cloth) more books like this by Ransford W Palmer add to wishlist In Pilgrims from the Sun, Ransford Palmer chronicles the migration of people from the English-speaking Caribbean to the United States, detailing the largely economic reasons for their departure and the cultural reasons for their successful settlement. Close to 700,000 West Indian immigrants and their children live in America today with the ... see all copies from $2.78! new only from $44.11! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Inside Babylon: The Caribbean Diaspora in Britain more books like this by Professor Winston James (Editor), Clive Harris (Editor) add to wishlist This collection aims to reflect the varied experience of the Caribbean diaspora in Britain. The contributors set out to show how employers and police, psychiatrists and welfare services help to channel black people into residential and occupational ghettoes. They also show how within and against such oppressive conditions, black people in Britain ... see all copies from $20.92! new only from $41.40! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Masquerade Politics: Explorations in the Structure of Urban Cultural Movements more books like this by Abner Cohen add to wishlist This study explores the dynamic relations between cultural forms and political formations in some urban cultural movements. The analysis is based on a detailed study of the structure and development of the London Notting Hill Carnival, widely described as Europe's biggest street festival. Started in 1966 as a small-scale, multi-ethnic local ... see all copies from $18.06! new only from $28.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Emigrants more books like this by Professor George Lamming add to wishlist A compelling and intricate novel of emigration and the effects of colonialism on a people see all copies from $6.50! new only from $19.08! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Caribbean Transnational Experience more books like this by Harry Goulbourne add to wishlist This volume examines today's vibrant and creative trans-Atlantic Caribbean community. It advances three central arguments, first, the concepts of diaspora and of Caribbean diaspora are problematic. Second, the African diaspora and its variant Caribbean diaspora are integral parts of the wider Atlantic world making it disingenuous to speak of the ... see all copies from $31.09! new only from $36.24!
20 view cover	Caribbean Transnationalism: Migration, Pluralization, and Social Cohesion more books like this by Ruben Gowricharn add to wishlist Exploring the old and new forms of transnationalism stemming from the Caribbean, "Caribbean Transnationalism" challenges present concepts about diaspora, brings into perspective new forms of transnationalism, and offers new perspectives on social cohesion in plural societies. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.48! \| SVS
21	William Joseph Snelling's Tales of the Northwest more books like this by William Joseph Snelling add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	V S Naipaul more books like this by Selwyn R Cudjoe add to wishlist see all copies from $3.19! new only from $41.26!
23 view cover	A Map to the Door of No Return more books like this by Dionne Brand add to wishlist A Map to the Door of No Return is a timely book that explores the relevance and nature of identity and belonging in a culturally diverse and rapidly changing world. It is an insightful, sensitive and poetic book of discovery. Drawing on cartography, travels, narratives of childhood in the Caribbean, journeys across the Canadian landscape, ... see all copies from $17.00! new only from $21.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
24	Twentieth Century Interpretations of the Nigger of the "Narcissus": A Collection of Critical Essays, more books like this by John A Palmer add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
25	When I Dance: Poems more books like this by James Berry, Bonnie V. Ingber (Editor), Karen Barbour (Illustrator) add to wishlist A collection of poetry celebrating life in the rural areas of the Caribbean as well as in the inner cities of Great Britain by an author who spent his childhood in both of those places. B&w woodcut illustrations accompany the verses. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS

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