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https://archive.org/details/west-indies-patterns

The West Indies: Patterns of Development, Culture and Environmental Change Since 1492 by David Watts

Topics
#Caribbean, #Caribbeanhistory, #historyoftheCaribbean, #geography, #historicalgeography, #genocide, #blackchattelslavery, #slavetrade, #antiblackness, #translatlanticslavetrade, #whitesupremacy, #imperialism, #colonialism, #spanishimperialism, #spanishcolonialism, #britishimperialism, #britishcolonialism, #frenchimperialism, #frenchcolonialism, #dutchimperialism, #dutchcolonialism, #amerikas, #northamerika, #plantations, #plantationeconomy, #sugarplantations, #environmentalgeography, #slavesocieties, #ecology

This magisterial survey of the historical geography of the West Indies is at bottom concerned with the causes and consequences of three complex and inter-related phenomena: the rapid and total removal of a large aboriginal population; the development of plantation agriculture and the arrival of enforced labour, in the form of many thousands of African slaves; and the environmental, ecological and cultural changes that resulted.

https://archive.org/details/MLIS-2021

Tuition at ALA-accredited library schools, fall/autumn 2021 semester

Topics
#MasterofLibraryandInformationScience, #MLIS, #libraries, #librarians, #tuition, #universities, #highereducation, #unitedstatesofamerika, #kanada, #klanada, #canada, #PuertoRico, #Borinquén, #Borikén, #northamerika, #graduateschool, #tuitionfees, #neoliberalism, #librarians, #librarianship, #economics, #informationscience, #AmericanLibraryAssociation, #ALA, #accreditation, #colleges, #mastersdegree, #mastersdegree, #tertiaryeducation

These are copies of a Google spreadsheet detailing the cost of tuition at universities offering a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree that have been accredited by the American Library Association (ALA).