Creolization and contraband
Subtitle: Curaçao in the early modern Atlantic world
By: by Linda M. Rupert
Series: Early American places
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780820343051; 9780820343068
Subjects: Commerce; Papiamentu; Smuggling; Sephardim; Slaves; Social conditions; Creoles; History; Intercultural communication
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Emergence of an Entrepôt; title: Converging Currents; title: Atlantic Diasporas; title: "Cruising to the Most Advantageous Places"; title: Part 2. Socio-Cultural Interactions in a Maritime Trade Economy; title: A Caribbean Port City; title: Curaçao and Tierra Firme; title: Language and Creolization; title: Conclusions.