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Proposing a new methodological approach to documenting languages spoken in multilingual societies, this book retraces the investigation of one unique linguistic space, the Creole …

Interweaving rich ethnographic descriptions with an innovative theoretical approach, this book explores and unsettles conventional maps and understandings of Europe and the …

This work draws ideas from two projects which took place in French Guiana - the Ariane Rocket programme and the Devil's Island penal experiment. The two are compared and connected …

A postmodern romp through the rain forest, Equatoria is both travelogue and cultural critique. On the right-hand pages, the Prices chronicle their 1990 artifact-collecting …

A critical, illustrated look at the flora of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, designed to treat phanerogams as well as cryptogams of the area. This edition covers the …

The French today contend with national history and identity and the tensions brought on by changes such as immigration, European integration, and postcolonialism. This book …

Kan man rymma från helvetet? Många skulle säga att det är en hypotetisk fråga. Men från Djävulsön då?Våren 1969 dök det plötsligt upp en man från ingenstans och påstod att han hade …

Nouragues is a tropical forest research station in French Guiana. It was established in 1986 for research on natural mechanisms of forest regeneration. Since then a lot of …

Lianas (woody vines) are iconic symbols of tropical forests around the world. These plants use the energetically expensive investment of trees in woody stems to gain relatively …