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The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 28,89 MB
Release : 2000-09-11
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The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
Author : Michael Craton
Publisher : MacMillan
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 29,48 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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Author : Alan A. Block
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 12,91 MB
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1351309382
This is the story of organized crime's penetration of the islands and the corruption of its high officials during the time The Bahamas become politically independent of Great Britain. It describes secret U.S. Internal Revenue Service operations aimed at American criminals involved in Bahamian-based tax scams and similar crimes. Block paints a devastating picture of a symbiotic relationship among off-shore tax havens in The Bahamas, sophisticated American criminals, and complacent public officials in the United States. During the 1960s and 1970s, the I.R.S. launched major investigations into American organized crime and the subterranean economy of The Bahamas. Block's access to the private papers of many of the key players in these affairs has given him a unique perspective. He has uncovered details of crime, corruption, and bureaucratic infighting within and among the U.S. Treasury and Justice Departments that have been largely unrecognized by previous researchers. Block shows how important links in the international traffic in cocaine were forged in the Bahamas, in full view of American officials. Masters of Paradise raises major questions about American law enforcement officials' commitment to fighting complex international crime during the 1960s and the 1970s. While there have been other studies of tax havens, money laundering, and offshore investigations, Block's access to information and his grasp of its meaning is unique. Professionals interested in the history and sociology of organized crime and the underground economy will find this book eye-opening. General readers interested in organized crime and political corruption will find it absorbing.
Author : Rachel Ehrenfeld
Publisher : SP Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 11,5 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781561713332
A chilling and fascinating expose of how one trillion dollars in annual drug revenues is laundered through banks in the U.S. and abroad. A leading authority on banking and money laundering reveals a sophisticated underground economy which links drug cartels, terrorists, and governments in illegal enterprises.
Author : Michael Craton
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 22,81 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820322841
The present work concludes the important and monumental undertaking of Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People, creating the most thorough and comprehensive history yet written of a Caribbean country and its people. In the first volume Michael Craton and Gail Saunders traced the developments of a unique archipelagic nation from aboriginal times to the period just before emancipation. This long-awaited second volume offers a description and interpretation of the social developments of the Bahamas in the years from 1830 to the present. Volume Two divides this period into three chronological sections, dealing first with adjustments to emancipation by former masters and former slaves between 1834 and 1900, followed by a study of the slow process of modernization between 1900 and 1973 that combines a systematic study of the stimulus of social change, a candid examination of current problems, and a penetrating but sympathetic analysis of what makes the Bahamas and Bahamians distinctive in the world. This work is an eminent product of the New Social History, intended for Bahamians, others interested in the Bahamas, and scholars alike. It skillfully interweaves generalizations and regional comparisons with particular examples, drawn from travelers' accounts, autobiographies, private letters, and the imaginative reconstruction of official dispatches and newspaper reports. Lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs and original maps, it stands as a model for forthcoming histories of similar small ex-colonial nations in the region.
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Page : 176 pages
File Size : 23,55 MB
Release : 1967-06
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EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics, and International Operations
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Page : 1180 pages
File Size : 42,5 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Caribbean Area
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
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Page : 216 pages
File Size : 27,47 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Organized crime
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations
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Page : 1942 pages
File Size : 35,99 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Executive departments
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Author : Kim Williams-Pulfer
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 20,88 MB
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1978834462
Philanthropy is commonly depicted as a universal practice and is either valued for supporting community transformation or critiqued for limiting social justice. However, dominant definitions and even popular connotations tend to privilege wealthy Western approaches. Using the Caribbean as a rich site of observance and concentrating on the island nation-state of The Bahamas, Get Involved! uncovers the hidden and under-documented activities of “philanthropy from below,” revealing a broader conception of philanthropy and civil society, especially within Black and other historically marginalized populations. Kim Williams-Pulfer draws on narrative analysis from enslavement to the current post-post-colonial moment, depicting the repertoires and practices of primarily Afro-Bahamians through the stories emerging from history (including the transnational observations of Zora Neale Hurston, social movements, and political and social institution building), the arts (from Junkanoo, literature, and visual practices), to the lived experiences of contemporary civil society leaders. Get Involved! shows the long history and continued significance of civil society and philanthropic engagement in The Bahamas, the circum-Caribbean, and the wider African Diaspora. Junkanoo is the national cultural festival of The Bahamas. It fosters a sense of community pride, identity, companionship, spirituality and unity. Watch a video about Junknoo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnMpMesNb1Q&t=14s