From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean 1492-1969From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean is about 30 million people scattered across an arc of islands -- Jamaica, Haiti, Barbados, Antigua, Martinique, Trinidad, among others-separated by the languages and cultures of their colonizers, but joined together, nevertheless, by a common heritage. For whether French, English, Dutch, Spanish, Danish, or-latterly-American, the nationality of their masters has made only a notional difference to the peoples of the Caribbean. The history of the Caribbean is dominated by the history of sugar, which is inseparable from the history of slavery; which was inseparable, until recently, from the systematic degradation of labor in the region. Here, for the first time, is a definitive work about a profoundly important but neglected and misrepresented area of the world. |
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... royal bureaucracy and the military representatives . The Treasury offi- cials were independent of the governor , and were designated ' royal officials ' . For the rest , the policy was one of strict assimilation to the laws of Castile ...
... royal bureaucracy and the military representatives . The Treasury offi- cials were independent of the governor , and were designated ' royal officials ' . For the rest , the policy was one of strict assimilation to the laws of Castile ...
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... Royal Adventurers trading to Africa , in 1663 , and later replaced this company by the Royal African Company , in 1672 , the royal patronage and participation reflecting the importance of the trade and continuing the fashion set by the ...
... Royal Adventurers trading to Africa , in 1663 , and later replaced this company by the Royal African Company , in 1672 , the royal patronage and participation reflecting the importance of the trade and continuing the fashion set by the ...
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... Royal African Co. , 136-9 , 144 , 147– 8 , 181-2 , 191 Royal Commissions , see under British West Indies ; West Indian Royal Commission Royal Humane Soc . of England , 190 Royal Patriotic Soc . of Friends of the Country , 313 Royal ...
... Royal African Co. , 136-9 , 144 , 147– 8 , 181-2 , 191 Royal Commissions , see under British West Indies ; West Indian Royal Commission Royal Humane Soc . of England , 190 Royal Patriotic Soc . of Friends of the Country , 313 Royal ...
Contents
Introduction | 10 |
Westward Ho | 13 |
Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the West Indies | 18 |
Copyright | |
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From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492-1969 Eric Williams No preview available - 1983 |
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