English-Speaking Communities in Latin America Since Independence

Since independence at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Latin America has maintained close links with Britain. This book examines the cultural and social implications of the relationship through a series of case studies that focus on British, Irish, and West Indian immigrants and their descendants in Mexico, Central and South America. The contributors - historians, anthropologists and sociolinguists - explore the past, present and putative future of English-speaking communities in Latin America and the relationships with their host societies.

'Collections of essays often too broadly or too narrowly circumscribe their topic to be useful for comparative purposes, but this collection works well.' - British Bulletin of Publications

FLORENCIA CORTÉS-CONDE Director, Communications Programme, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos AiresDARIÉN J. DAVID Associate Professor of History, Middlebury College, VermontGEOFFREY FISHER Geography Department, University of DerbyROSS A. GRAHAM Freelance TeacherLOUISE GUENTHER Assistant Professor of History, St John's College, Santa Fe, New MexicoRONALD HARPELLE Assistant Professor of History, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, OntarioDEBORAH JAKUBS Adjunct Associate Professor of History, Perkins Library of Duke University, Durham, North CarolinaPATRICK McKENNA Independent ResearcherJAMES N. McELVEEN Editor, US Department of StateJOHN MAYO Senior Lecturer in History, University of West Indies, Cave Hill, BarbadosLAURIE NOCK Anthropology Instructor, Grande Prairie Regional College, AlbertaKAREN RACINE Assistant Professor of History, Valparaiso University, IndianaJIM ROSS Senior Lecturer in English and Communications, London Guildhall UniversityBARBARA A. TENENBAUM Specialist in Mexican Culture, US Library of Congress