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Antonio Sotomayor, “The Sovereign Colony: Olympic Sport, National Identity, and International Politics in Puerto Rico” (U Nebraska Press, 2016)

Antonio Sotomayor
The Sovereign Colony
Olympic Sport, National Identity, and International Politics in Puerto Rico
University of Nebraska Press, 2016

New Books in Caribbean Studies New Books in History New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Sports New Books in World Affairs New Books Network September 20, 2018 Keith Rathbone

Today we are joined by Antonio Sotomayor, Assistant Professor and Librarian of Latin American and Caribbean studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sotomayor is the author of The Sovereign Colony: Olympic Sport, National Identity, and International Politics in Puerto Rico (University of Nebraska Press, 2016), which asks the question... Read More

Megan Raby, “American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science” (UNC Press, 2017)

Megan Raby
American Tropics
The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science
University of North Carolina Press, 2017

New Books in American Studies New Books in Caribbean Studies New Books in Environmental Studies New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Science & Technology New Books in Science, Technology, and Society September 18, 2018 Alejandra Bronfman

American science and empire have a long mutual history. In American Tropics: The Caribbean Roots of Biodiversity Science (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Megan Raby takes us to Caribbean sites that expanded the reach of American ecology and tropical biology. Research stations in Cuba, British Guiana, Panama and Jamaica... Read More

David García, “Listening for Africa: Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins” (Duke UP, 2017)

David García
Listening for Africa
Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins
Duke University Press, 2017

New Books in African American Studies New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Caribbean Studies New Books in History New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Music New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network September 5, 2018 Kristin Turner

In Listening for Africa: Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins (Duke University Press, 2017), David García reminds us that how culture is understood and interpreted not only reflects the political and social discourses of the day, but also shapes those discussions. Drawing on figures as diverse as... Read More

Teishan A. Latner, “Cuban Revolution in America: Havana and the Making of a United States Left, 1968–1992” (UNC Press, 2018)

Teishan A. Latner
Cuban Revolution in America
Havana and the Making of a United States Left, 1968–1992
University of North Carolina Press, 2018

New Books in American Studies New Books in Caribbean Studies New Books in History New Books in Intellectual History New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network September 4, 2018 Matthew Johnson

Cuba’s grassroots revolution prevailed on America’s doorstep in 1959, fueling intense interest within the multiracial American Left even as it provoked a backlash from the U.S. political establishment. In this groundbreaking book, Cuban Revolution in America: Havana and the Making of a United States Left, 1968–1992 (University of North Carolina Press,... Read More

Peter James Hudson, “Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean” (U Chicago Press, 2017)

Peter James Hudson
Bankers and Empire
How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean
University of Chicago Press, 2017

New Books in American Studies New Books in Caribbean Studies New Books in Economics New Books in History New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network August 28, 2018 Zeb Larson

Histories of banking and finance aren’t particularly well-known for being riveting, adventurous reads: they tend to be technical at the expense of being strongly narrative-driven. Peter James Hudson’s Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean (University of Chicago Press, 2017) defies this stereotype. An examination of private lending in... Read More