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One of a series which aims to introduce children to the diversity of countries and cultures to be found in the Americas. Each book provides a detailed map of the country, a text with the relevant geographical details and a system of running and margin headings to aid swift information access. ... Read more

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Jamaica. History of Jamaica, Politics of Jamaica,Monarchyof Jamaica, Geography of Jamaica, Demographics ofJamaica,Jamaican diaspora, Culture of Jamaica, Music of Jamaica,Jamaican cuisine, History of Jamaican athletics,Cricket inthe West Indies, Economy of Jamaica, Transport inJamaica,Railways of Jamaica, Jamaica Defence Force,Jamaican(language), Jamaica Constabulary Force, Bob Marley ... Read more

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Jamaica lies 90 miles south of Cuba and 118 miles west of Haiti. At its greatest extent, Jamaica is 146 miles long, and it varies between 21 and 52 miles wide. With an area of 10,911 square kilometres, Jamaica is the largest island of the Commonwealth Caribbean and the third largest of the Greater Antilles, after Cuba and Hispaniola. Along the south coast are a number of small islands, such as the Port Royal Cays. Pedro Bank, an area of shallow seas, with a number of cays, extending generally east to west for over 160 kilometres, lies southwest of Jamaica. To the southeast lies Morant Bank, with the Morant Cays, fifty-one kilometres from Morant Point, the easternmost point of mainland Jamaica. Alice Shoal, 260 km southwest of the main island of Jamaica, falls within the Jamaica-Colombia Joint Regime. ... Read more

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This text studies the nation of Jamaica: its landscape, its people and their history, the way it is governed, how the people earn a living, and life as an independent nation. Modern developments are highlighted and special attention is paid to natural resources, and to trade and tourism. Like the other books in the "Caribbean Social Studies" series it includes many Social Studies activities, and is highly illustrated with photographs and colour artwork designed to be attractive and easily accessible to the pupil. "Caribbean Social Studies" is a six-level course for primary and all-age schools. To ensure in-depth coverage of Year 4 there are separate books on the individual countries. These follow the progressive style of the series and introduce a new concept in course material for the Caribbean. ... Read more

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Emerging Caribbean presents a unique tableau of the Caribbean Basin today, a geography that is both systematic and synthetic, engaging with the essential elements of its history. Here, one finds maps as different in their subject matter as environmental hazards and natural disasters, the postcolonial pathways to political independence, fiscal havens and illegal trafficking, and information technology networks. From the age of sugar to that of globalised exchange, this first ever cross-disciplinary study of the Caribbean Basin identifies both the profound fracture lines and points of convergence of this Mediterranean of the America s. ... Read more

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A reward for plant lovers
This guide is a unique and exhaustive work on flora many of which are endangered.The author has devoted many years to this study.It offers the plant enthusiast written and visual documentation and the means to identify plants encountered in the Blue Mountains. ... Read more