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  • Archaeology and Geoinformatics

    Case Studies from the Caribbean

    Series series Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory
    Provides tremendous insight and an excellent grasp of the special geoinformatics needs of Caribbean researchersAddressing the use of geoinformatics in Caribbean archaeology, this volume is based on case studies drawn from specific island territories, namely, Barbados, St. John, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Nevis, St. Eustatius, and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as inter-island interaction and landscape ... Read more

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  • DEATH OF CONTRACT

    SECOND EDITION

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    The Death of Contract is a masterful commentary on the common law, especially the law of promissory obligation known as contracts. In this slim and lively book, the late Yale law professor Grant Gilmore examines the birth, development, death, and even the resurrection of a body of American law. It is both a modern-day reply to and a funeral oration for an American legal classic—Oliver Wendell ... Read more

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  • Historical Archaeologies of the Caribbean

    Contextualizing Sites through Colonialism, Capitalism, and Globalism

    Series series Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory
    New perspectives on Caribbean historical archaeology that go beyond the colonial plantationHistorical Archaeologies of the Caribbean: Contextualizing Sites through Colonialism, Capitalism, and Globalism addresses issues in Caribbean history and historical archaeology such as freedom, frontiers, urbanism, postemancipation life, trade, plantation life, and new heritage. This collection moves beyond ... Read more

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  • The Ages of American Law

    Second Edition

    by Grant Gilmore ...
    Series series The Storrs Lectures Series
    Following its publication in 1974, Grant Gilmore's compact portrait of the development of American law from the eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century became a classic. In this new edition, the portrait is brought up to date with a new chapter by Philip Bobbitt that surveys the trajectory of American law since the original publication. Bobbitt also provides a Foreword on Gilmore and the ... Read more

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  • Protecting Heritage in the Caribbean

    Series series Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory
    Heritage preservation is a broad term that can include the protection of a wide range of human-mediated material and cultural processes ranging from specific artifacts, ancient rock art, and features of the built environment and modified landscapes. As a region of multiple independent nations and colonial territories, the Caribbean shares a common heritage at some levels, yet at the same time ... Read more

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    A Concise History of the Caribbean presents a general history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand years ago to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonization, the development of slavery and the slave trade, the extraordinary profits earned by the plantation economy, the great ... Read more

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