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When she died in poverty and obscurity in 1960, all of Zora Neale Hurston's books were out of print. Today her groundbreaking works, suffused with the culture and traditions of African-Americans and the poetry of black speech, have won her recognition as one of the most significant African-American writers. This volume, with its companion, Novels & Stories brings together for the first time all of Hurston's best writings in one authoritative set....
Pub. Date
[1999]
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Visit ancient Mayan ruins as you travel through the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. See the sugar cane fields of Guatemala and a dense rain forest on a jungle train in Costa Rica. Starting in Havana, cross the island of Cuba. Then wind your way through the unique towns of Jamaica.
Pub. Date
2001.
Description
Jamaica became an independent country from Great Britain in 1962. It is the land of sea, sand and sun ... but it is also a prime example of the complexities of economic globalization on the world's developing countries. Effectively portrays the relationship between Jamaican poverty and the practices of international lending agencies while driving home the devasting consequences of globalization.
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