Saturday, March 19, 2011

Caribbean Studies: A Symposium

Rubin, Vera, Ed., Caribbean Studies: A Symposium, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1960.

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Preface to the Second Edition Vera Rubin ix

Preface Vera Rubin 1

Plantation America: A Culture Sphere Charles Wagley 3

Man-Land Relations in the Caribbean Area Preston E. James 14

Discussion Jean Gottmann 20

Contemporary Social-Rural Types in the
Caribbean Region Elena Padilla 22

Discussion Edgar T. Thompson 29

The African Heritage in the Caribbean M. G. Smith 34

Discussion George E. Simpson &
Peter B. Hammond 46

Race Relations in Caribbean Society Eric Williams 54

Discussion Frank Tannenbaum 60

The Family in the Caribbean Raymond T. Smith 67

Discussion John V. Murra 75

Methods of Community-Analysis in the
Caribbean Robert A. Manners 80

Discussion Conrad M. Arensberg 92

The Present Status of the Social Sciences in
the British Caribbean Lloyd Braithwaite 99

Cultural Perspectives in Caribbean Research Vera Rubin 110

Notes on Contributors 123


Vera Dourmashkin Rubin was born in Moscow on August 6, 1911. She came to the United States in 1912 with her father, a journalist, She lived with her father, his brother, a physician, and her aunt who raised her in a Jewish community on New York's Lower Eastside. In 1930, Rubin graduated summa cum laude from New York University with a major in French Literature. While caring for two children, she continued her studies at Columbia University. She studied anthropology with Ruth Benedict, Julian Steward, and Margaret Mead who became a lifelong friend. She received the doctorate in anthropology in 1952.

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