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Introduction - Space and History
Chapter I - The Oceanographic and Geodynamic Continuum
I - The Caribbean Mediterranean
1 - A sea "situated in the midst of land"
2 - Basins and currents
3 - Winds and depressions
4 - Marine biology
II - Geodynamics
1 - General structures
2 - Plate tectonics
3 - Volcanicity and seismicity of the Cordillera arcs
4 - Palaeo-geographical reconstruction
Chapter II - Settlement and Ancient Civilizations
I - New perspectives
II - Glaciation and the human presence
1 - The continental Caribbean
2 - The insular Caribbean
III - The distribution of cultural groups
1 - Intersection
2 - Meso-American group
3 - Andean group
4 - Circum-Caribbean and Andean groups
IV - Problems and hypotheses
1 - Indigenous reconstructions
2 - Foreign contributions
V - Karib resistance
Chapter III - Colonialism and the Slavery system
I - Conquests and monopolies
1 - Shock and after-effects (1492-1561)
2 - European rivalries (1561-1763)
II - Colonial and slavery means of production
1 - The context: trade and war
2 - World markets and accumulation
III - Resistance
Chapter IV - The Destruction of the Slavery System
I - The expansion of free trade
II - Revolution and independence
1 - The Haitian Revolution
2 - Wars of independence in the Spanish Caribbean III - The abolition of slavery and its effects
1 - The Causes
2 - The Decrees
3 - The Effects
IV - Armed struggle in Cuba
1 - The dilemma
2 - Colonial parties and the Cuban Revolutionary Party
3 - The Spanish-Cuban War
Chapter V - Contemporary crises and problems
I - Escalating threats
1 - The crisis of the sugar economy and its social consequences
2 - Political crises
3 - Education and religion
4 - The emergence of Pan-Africanism in the Caribbean
II - Struggles and recession
1 - 1939-1946
2 - 1946-1958
3 - 1958-1962
4 - 1962-1974
5 - 1974-1985
6 - 1985-1995
7 - 1995-2006
Chapter VI - Geopolitical and geo-strategic problems
II - Contemporary crises and problems
1 - The wealth of the Caribbean
2 - Drugs
3 - Economic integration
4 - Social problems
5 - Sugar industry in crisis
6 - Industrialization in underdeveloped countries
7 - Transport
II - Caribbean Mediterranean
1 - Maritime law and the exploitation of ocean resources
2 - Marine pollution
3 - International trade and aid
4 - Militarization
5 - Tourism
6 - Churches and sects
7 - Cultural proliferation
Conclusion
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Tina Dennis
reviewed Space and History in the Caribbean on December 23, 2018
Space and History in the Caribbean
This book badly needed to be written. May it please be put on library shelves, replacing dull histories of the Yankees, Red Sox, and Brooklyn Dodgers. Mark Kurlansky, meanwhile, ain't Walt Whitman, and no disrespect to Whitman, but that's a good thing. Baseball lovers will be disproportionately attracted to the book, but it notably is not about baseball, and it's not geared toward baseball fans. It's more about the surrounding society and the history of how this small island has changed and been impacted by global forces.
I've personally been fascinated with the Dominican Republic since I was baseball-obsessed and three apples tall, a time when the only Latinos I'd ever seen were on big league rosters. Eastern Stars offers a portrait of the Dominican Republic, and San Pedro de Macoris in particular, and its evolution in becoming the cradle of baseball stars.
I'm not sure Kurlansky is the ideal writer for this subject, but he is an excellent historian and his perspective is very sober and balanced, good with big-picture perspective. And given that he is someone who is clearly more at home thinking about political economy matters than sports, he's probably written a book that's a lot more interesting than whatever Mike Lupica or Rob Neyer might have put together. (I also am not sure if Kurlansky has ever written a book that doesn't include a few recipes. The man must love to eat, and that can't be a bad thing.) I read somewhere that the book doesn't effectively humanize the people of San Pedro, and that's a fair criticism. But from his emotional distance we are nonetheless given what I take is probably a pretty accurate perspective on the country and on baseball's role in the community.
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