In Focus Jamaica
Subtitle: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (The in Focus Guides Series)
Publisher: Latin America Bureau
Published: July 25, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781566562850
Subjects: Cultural studies; Economics, Finance, Business and Industry; Historical geography; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Caribbean Area - History; Travel - Foreign; Travel; Jamaica; Caribbean & West Indies; Caribbean & West Indies - General
First sentence: The original inhabitants of Jamaica, the Tainos or Arawaks, referred to their territory as Xaymaca or "land of wood and water."