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This book argues that the Caribbean frontier, usually assumed to have been eclipsed after colonial conquest, remains a powerful but unrecognized element of Caribbean island culture. Combining analytical and creative genres of writing, it explores historical and contemporary patterns of frontier change through a case study of the little-known Eastern Caribbean multi-island state of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Modern frontier traits are located in the wandering woodcutter, the squatter on government land and the mountainside ganja grower. But the frontier is also identified as part of global production that has shaped island tourism, the financial sector and patterns of migration.

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Author Biography

Philip Nanton is a freelance writer, poet and writer/producer of radio documentaries, including several on Caribbean culture for the BBC. He also lectures at the University of the West Indies in Barbados

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  • Publisher Manchester University Press
  • Publication Date January 2017
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9781526113757 / 1526113759
  • Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
  • FormatDigital
  • Primary Price 22.79 GBP
  • Pages152
  • ReadershipCollege/Tertiary Education
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Biblio NotesForeword: The Roaring by R.M. Kirkwood Introduction 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: frontier patterns old and new 2 Locating the frontier in St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3 Civilization and wilderness: the St. Vincent and the Grenadines context 4 Frontier retentions 5 Writing the St. Vincent frontier 6 Shifting rural and urban frontiers in St. Vincent 7 Conclusion by way of afterword Index
  • SeriesTheory for a Global Age
  • Reference Code9781526113740

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