Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Dominican Republic ReaderCondition: NewSubtitle: History, Culture, PoliticsISBN-10: 0822357003EAN: 9780822357001ISBN: 9780822357001Publisher: Duke University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/23/2014Description: Despite its significance in the history of Spanish colonialism, the Dominican Republic is familiar to most outsiders through only a few elements of its past and culture. Non-Dominicans may be aware that the country shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti and that it is where Christopher Columbus chose to build a colony. Some may know that the country produces talented baseball players and musicians; others that it is a prime destination for beach vacations. Little else about the Dominican Republic is common knowledge outside its borders. This Reader seeks to change that. It provides an introduction to the history, politics, and culture of the country, from precolonial times into the early twenty-first century. Among the volume's 118 selections are essays, speeches, journalism, songs, poems, legal documents, testimonials, and short stories, as well as several interviews conducted especially for this Reader. Many of the selections have been translated into English for the first time. All of them are preceded by brief introductions written by the editors. The volume's eighty-five illustrations, ten of which appear in color, include maps, paintings, and photos of architecture, statues, famous figures, and Dominicans going about their everyday lives.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 156mmItem Weight: 789gContributor: Raymundo Gonzalez (Edited by), Eric Paul Roorda (Edited by), Lauren H. Derby (Edited by)Genre: HistoryBook Series: Latin America ReadersAuthor: Raymundo GonzalezTopic: Society & CultureRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Dominican Republic Reader
Title: The Dominican Republic Reader
Subtitle: History, Culture, Politics
ISBN-10: 0822357003
EAN: 9780822357001
ISBN: 9780822357001
Release Date: 05/23/2014
Release Year: 2014
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Lauren H. Derby (Edited by)
Series: Latin America Readers
Book Title: Dominican Republic Reader : History, Culture, Politics
Number of Pages: 560 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Item Height: 1.2 in
Topic: Caribbean & West Indies, Customs & Traditions, Caribbean & West Indies / General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Travel, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 28.8 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Lauren H. Derby
Book Series: The Latin America Readers Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
