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Caribbean

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Artnoir: Monthly exploration of the art of African America, Caribbean America, Afro-Latin America including Brazil and Polynesia. Links to artists, collectors, galleries, libraries, museums, exhibitions, publications, and a directory of national fine art.
Author: Wesport Foundation and Gallery
Subjects: african americans, art exhibitions, brazil, caribbean, ethnic art
DeweyClass: 700
Resource type: magazine
Caribbean Home Page: Directory of Caribbean information including education, government, news, business, sport and entertainment. Also features weather forecasts and tourist information.
Author: PMG Internet
Subjects: caribbean
DeweyClass: 917.29
Resource type: index
CASBAH: Caribbean Studies Black and Asian History: An RSLP funded project aiming to identify and map national research resources for Caribbean studies, and the history of Black and Asian people in Britain. Outlines project activities, progress reports, and news and events. A fully searchable database and subject gateway is due to be launched in May 2002.
Author: Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Subjects: african americans, asian studies, caribbean, cultural studies
DeweyClass: 305.8
Resource type: documents
Do It Caribbean: Resource designed to help travellers plan every aspect of a trip to the Caribbean. Includes links to official material on accommodation, eating out, festivals, history and culture, music, shopping, and watersports, for a wide range of destinations.
Author: Caribbean Tourism Organisation
Subjects: caribbean
DeweyClass: 917.2
Resource type: promotion
LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center: Aims to provide Latin American users with access to academic databases and information services throughout the Internet world, and to provide Latin Americanists around the world with access to information on and from Latin America. Includes extensive lists of resources about countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean, browsable by country or subject.
Author: University of Texas at Austin
Subjects: caribbean, latin america
DeweyClass: 980
Resource type: index
Latin America Bureau: Information about the independent research and publishing organisation which works to broaden public understanding of social, economic justice and human rights issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Includes an online bookshop, and information on embassies, languages, music and travel.
Author: Latin America Bureau
Subjects: caribbean, latin america
DeweyClass: 980
Resource type: institution
Living Languages of the Americas: Tables detailing the languages spoken in the countries of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. Estimates of population currently speaking each language are included.
Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
Subjects: american indians, caribbean, central america, language distribution, south america
DeweyClass: 497
Resource type: reference documents
Maps of the Americas: Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering Canada, all the countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Subjects: antigua and barbuda, argentina, bahamas, barbados, belize, bermuda, bolivia, brazil, canada, canadian geography, caribbean, central america, chile, colombia, costa rica, cuba, dominica, dominican republic, ecuador, el salvador, grenada, guatemala, guyana, haiti, honduras, jamaica, mexico, nicaragua, panama, paraguay, peru, saint kitts nevis, saint lucia, saint vincent, south america, suriname, trinidad and tobago, uruguay, venezuela, world maps
DeweyClass: 912.7
Resource type: map collection
Oceania - The Atlantis Project: The Atlantis Project is dedicated to the goal of establishing a new country named Oceania. This country will be devoted to the value of freedom, and will first exist as a sea city in the Caribbean.
Author: Atlantis Project
Subjects: caribbean, cultural studies, freedom and privacy
DeweyClass: 997
Resource type: documents
Pan American Health Organization: World Health Organization regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean. Offers a range of information on health in the member nations.
Author: Pan American Health Organization
Subjects: caribbean, global health, south america
DeweyClass: 613
Resource type: news
R-HydroNET: A regional, electronic hydrometeorological data network for South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Regional political maps, monthly, time series and climatological hydrometeorological data sets, and monthly temperature and precipitation data sets are freely available. Presented in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Author: University of New Hampshire
Subjects: caribbean, central america, hydrology, south america
DeweyClass: 551.48
Resource type: reference data
State of Food and Agriculture 2001: Regular FAO report, which asserts that many poor countries have seen their prospects for food security further improve because of their success in creating a policy environment conducive to sustained economic and agricultural growth. Although economic and food security problems remain serious in Africa, there are improvements in many areas, while a number of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have seen a good performance of the agricultural sector. The report includes regional overviews, detailed reviews of certain countries, and a special chapter on the agroprocessing industry. Online reports available for 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1998.
Author: UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Subjects: angola, bangladesh, caribbean, egypt, food production, mozambique, peru, russia
DeweyClass: 338.19
Resource type: document
United Confederation Of Taino People: Group of indigenous peoples throughout the Caribbean and the Diaspora whose role is to protect their cultural heritage and spiritual traditions. Includes official documentation such as congressional records and petitions to support Taino rights, and an archive of the group's newsletter The Voice of the Taino People.
Author: United Confederation Of Taino People
Subjects: caribbean, cultural studies
DeweyClass: 305.8
Resource type: documents