The Magic Island

Seabrook W.B., The Magic Island, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1929.

William Buehler Seabrook (February 22, 1884 – September 20, 1945) was an American Lost Generation occultist, explorer, traveler, cannibal, and journalist, born in Westminster, Maryland. He began his career as a reporter and City Editor of the Augusta Chronicle in Georgia and later became a partner in an advertising agency in Atlanta.

Note from me: A series of newspaper and magazine(?) clippings were found in this book which were on the verge of disintegration, so I attempted to preserve them digitally:

Caste in Overseas Indian Communities

Schwartz, Barton M., Ed., Caste in Overseas Indian Communities, San Francisco: Chandler Publishing Co., 1967.

Reviewed in The International Migration Review © 1969.

Contents:

Preface.

Introduction by Adrian C. Mayer.

Caste in Mauritius, by Burton Benedict.

Caste and Social Status among the Indians of Guyana, by Raymond T. Smith and Chandra Jayawardena.

Caste and Identity in Guyana, by Philip Singer.

The Failure of Caste in Trinidad, by Barton M. Schwartz.

The Function of Caste among the Indians of the Oropuche Lagoon, Trinidad, by Arthur Niehoff.

Caste among Hindus in a Town in Trinidad: San Fernando, by Colin Clarke.

The Caste System and the Hindustani Group in Surinam, by Johan D. Speckmann.

Caste and Endogamy in Fiji, by Barton M. Schwartz.

Changes in Caste of the South African India, by Hilda Kuper.

Caste among the Indians of Uganda, by H.S. Morris.

Ideology and Content of Caste among the Indians of East Africa, by Agehananda Bharati.

La Administración Pública en Haití

García Zamor, Jean-Claude, La Administración Pública en Haití, (Introducción por Richard Morse), Guatemala: Editorial Landívar, 1966.

De la “nota” del Autor:

Este libro fue escrito en 1960 y presentado a la Escuela Graduada de Administración Publica de la Universidad de Puerto Rico como uno de los requerimientos para una Maestría. No he hecho ninguna revisión substanciosa al trabajo. Agradezco a la Organización de los Estados Americanos quien me otorgo una beca que hizo posible el cumplimiento de esta obra.

Caribbean Statistical Yearbook, 1967

CODECA, Caribbean Statistical Yearbook, San Juan, PR: Caribbean Economic Development Corporation, July, 1967.

The Statistical Yearbook of the Caribbean is a summary of economic and social statistics of general interest. It is an immediate reference volume containing basic information and indicators of general development in the Caribbean islands and indicating in footnotes to the tables, where additional statistical data may be obtained. This edition, the first to be published for the Caribbean contains statistical data for the years 1958-1965 with some projections for 1975. Data was obtained from publications of the region and information submitted by Governments of the Caribbean to the Statistical Yearbook of the United Nations.

Ethnic and Cultural Pluralism in Intertropical Communities, Report of the 30th Meeting of INCIDI

International Institute of Differing Civilizations, Ethnic and Cultural Pluralism in Intertropical Communities: Report of the 30th Meeting (INCIDI) Held in Lisbon on the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th April 1957, Bruxelles: INCIDI, 1957.

See Online Books by International Institute of Differing Civilizations.

Contents:

Constitution of INCIDI.
Committee of the Institute for the years 1955-1957.
Committee of the Institute for the years 1957-1958.
List of Members.

REPORT OF THE 30th SESSION:
List of Participants.
Opening Meeting held on15th April 1957.
Introductory Report.

Special Reports, classified by continent, alphabetically by name of authors, separating contributions in English and French:
AFRIQUE…
AMERIQUE:
R.A.J. van Lier – Suriname et Antilles néerlandaises.
AFRICA:
Kenneth Kirkwood – British Central Africa.
Philip Mason – Kenya.
Peter C. W. Gutkind – British East Africa.
Sir Hilary Blood - Mauritius.
Ellen Hellmann – Union of South Africa.
MIDDLE EAST, SOUTH EAST ASIA, FAR EAST:
Malak Guirguis – Egypt.
S.N. Eisenstadt – Israel.
Saad ed Din Fawzi – Sudan.
Janki Nath Bhat – India.
Francis G. Carnell – Burma, Thailand and Malaya.
M.M. Djojodigoeno – Indonesia.
K.E. Priestley – Hong Kong.
AMERICA:
M.G. Smith – British Caribbean.
William C. Sayres – Rural Colombia.
Miguel Leon-Portilla – Mexico.
Gilberto Freyre – Brazil.

General Reports and Summary of the Discussions:
Legal and Political Aspect
General Report by Adriano Moreira…
Economic Aspect
General Report by Gaston Leduc…
Social Aspect
General Report by P.J. Idenburg…
Cultural Aspect
General Report by Gilberto Freyre.
Closing of the Session.
Conclusions adopted by the 30th session on Ethnic and Cultural Pluralism in Intertropical Communities.

The West on Trial: The Fight for Guyana's Freedom

Jagan, Cheddi, The West on trial: the fight for Guyana's freedom, London: Michael Joseph, 1966.

Reviewed in The Journal of Developing Areas.

Excerpt of review by Krishna Persaud:

Although Dr. Jagan has written voluminously, “The West on Trial” remains his most enduring work, and it is his political testament. It is the unrivalled and definitive study of Guyana’s fight for self-determination, against overwhelming odds. But it is also an invaluable resource for students of Guyana’s early history. The rivalry among the Dutch, French and British for control of the territory is chronicled with the flair and intellectual rigour of a consummate historian.

See also Cheddi Jagan Research Centre.

Cuba, ¿Es Socialista?

Dumont, René, Cuba, ¿es socialista?, Venezuela: Editorial Tiempo Nuevo, 1970.

Reviewed by James Petras for Science & Society © 1972.

René Dumont (Cambrai, 13 de marzo de 1904 - 18 de junio de 2001) fue un ingeniero agrónomo, sociólogo y ecologista francés