Teaching transnationalism in the Caribbean: Toward an understanding of representation and neo-colonialism in human geography

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 317-332

  Mains, Susan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Caribbean identity; Critical pedagogy; Representation; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; TEACHING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 3943073184     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309826042000242530     Document Type: Article

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