Book
The Carib Reserve: identity and security in the West Indies
University Press of America • Washington, D.c. • Published In 1983 • Pages:
By: Layng, Anthony.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a general monograph on the Island Carib based on 1970s fieldwork. Layng provides a good historical background; and examination of household structure, demography, economy, education, and political organization. Layng takes the theoretical position that Island Carib ethnicity is mutable and situational, and strategically constructed to maintain communal property rights. He wonders, however, if this strategy serves the best interest of the Carib people, especially with growing demographic pressure on reserve land and a booming banana export industry. He argues that development and general prosperity might lie in individual property rights, because land is the only valuable asset locals have to serve as collateral for bank loans. For a counter argument, see Kossek (1994, document no. 16).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Arboriculture
- Real property
- External trade
- Ethnic stratification
- Household
- Community heads
- Community councils
- Public welfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kalinago
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1978
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Carib Reserve, Dominica
- NotesAdditional notes
- Anthony Layng ; with a foreword by Leo A. Despres
- This discussion, based on demographic and other records, is limited to the period 1960-1975. A general discussion of Carib culture and history occurs in a broader period bracketed by the 1930 so-called 'Carib War' and 1978 Independence.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-169) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82021739
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Carib Indians