Patrick Baker's post modern approach uses ideas from chaos theory and world systems theory to interpret the prehistory and history of Dominica. During its prehistory, Dominica served as an occasional stepping-stone for small-scale, independent foraging and horticultural peoples migrating up the Antillean arc to the larger islands in the north. Dominica's discovery by Europeans brought it into a social and economic constellation that was constructed and orchestrated largely from the metropolitan centre. "Centring the Periphery" is the story of the struggle of the Dominican people to create and order a world that is controlled from outside. The concept of "centring" is used to mean "ordering the world", and Baker links this to ideas in chaos theory, which views order and disorder as mutually generative phenomena rather than static antinomies. Thus strategies to control disorder and create and maintain order may suddenly precipitate change. Baker's application of these theories to an island nation that has received little detailed attention in the past makes this an original work, as does his holistic, post modern perspective. In addition to presenting a sensitive historical analysis, he confronts the dilemma of meaning in peripheral situations and the experience of dependency in the world system. "Centring the Periphery" is germane to understanding the majority of the world's people and makes a significant contribution to the study of society in developing nations. This book is intended for students and researchers in Caribbean studies.
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"This study makes a significant contribution to scholarship in the field of Caribbean studies. The work is important in that it provides a carefully constructed general historical account of a tiny island society, which rarely captures the imagination of First World academicians." Abigail Bakan, Department of Political Studies, Queen's University.
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The purpose of this book is to describe the social history of Dominica, an island that, to date, has received little anthropological or sociological attention. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Indies, West Indian, House of Assembly, Grand Bay, Great Britain, Lesser Antilles, New World, Population Census of the Commonwealth Caribbean, Geest Industries, Windward Islands, Freedom Party, Legislative Council, Puerto Rico, South American, Castle Bruce, First World War, Freedom Fighters, Legislative Assembly, United States, Eugenia Charles, Leeward Island Confederation, Melville Hall, New Dominica, Third World, Total English New!
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The purpose of this book is to describe the social history of Dominica, an island that, to date, has received little anthropological or sociological attention. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Indies, West Indian, House of Assembly, Grand Bay, Great Britain, Lesser Antilles, New World, Population Census of the Commonwealth Caribbean, Geest Industries, Windward Islands, Freedom Party, Legislative Council, Puerto Rico, South American, Castle Bruce, First World War, Freedom Fighters, Legislative Assembly, United States, Eugenia Charles, Leeward Island Confederation, Melville Hall, New Dominica, Third World, Total English New!
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