Caribbean currents
Subtitle: Caribbean music from rumba to reggae
By: Peter Manuel with Kenneth Bilby and Michael Largey.
Contributors: Bilby, Kenneth M., 1953-; Largey, Michael D., 1959-
Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Music -- West Indies -- History and criticism; Music -- Caribbean Area -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The Caribbean crucible; title: Cuba; title: Puerto Rico; title: Salsa and beyond; title: The Dominican Republic; title: Haiti and the French Caribbean; title: Jamaica; title: Trinidad, calypso, and carnival; title: East Indian music : and big sounds from the "small islands"; title: Five themes in the study of Caribbean music.