Lost White Tribes
The End of Privilege and the Last Colonials in Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Brazil, Haiti, Namibia, and Guadeloupe
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Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivelostwhitetribes00ricc
- ISBN-100743211979
- ISBN-139780743211970
- Library of Congress Control Number2001023710
- OCLC Control Number46462758
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780743211970
- Open LibraryOL7926907M
Classifications
- LCCJV105 .O75 2001
- LCCJV105.O75 2001
- DDC908/.6/91
and 1 more
- LCCJV105 .075 2000
Description
"Over three hundred years ago the first European colonists set foot in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean to found permanent outposts of the great empires. This epic migration continued until after World War II when these tropical outposts became independent black nations, and the white colonials were forced, or chose, to return home." "Some of these colonial descendants, however, had become outcasts in the poorest strata of the society of which they were now a part. Ignored by both the former slaves and the modern privileged white immigrants, and unable to afford the long journey home, they still hold out today, hiding in remote valleys and hills, 'lost white tribes' living in poverty with the proud myth of their colonial ancestors. Forced to marry within the tribe to retain their fair-skinned 'purity' they are torn between the memory of past privileges and the present need to integrate into the surrounding society."--Jacket
First Sentence
Negombo Road, 2:30 one afternoon shortly after Christmas.
Description
Following the trail of the last colonials, Orizio lifts the veil on a hidden world, bringing readers on a journey to the lost corners of the post-colonial world to meet the people voyaging Europeans left behind.
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