From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean 1492-1969The first of its kind, From Columbus to Castro is a definitive work about a profoundly important but neglected and misrepresented area of the world. Quite simply it's about millions of 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. |
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... Agriculture drew the following picture of Puerto Rico : ' In many countries similar land would be considered too rough and stony for agriculture , but the population pressure is so great in Puerto Rico that thousands of people are ...
... Agriculture drew the following picture of Puerto Rico : ' In many countries similar land would be considered too rough and stony for agriculture , but the population pressure is so great in Puerto Rico that thousands of people are ...
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... agricultural products , all in the name of diversification ... ' Only a very solid productive organisation could have resisted such rapid change . In an underdeveloped country , in particular , the structure of agriculture remains very ...
... agricultural products , all in the name of diversification ... ' Only a very solid productive organisation could have resisted such rapid change . In an underdeveloped country , in particular , the structure of agriculture remains very ...
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... agriculture , emphasising time and again that socialism has been more successful in the industrial field than in agriculture , as evidenced by the massive Soviet purchases of wheat , the severe rationing in China , the agrarian ...
... agriculture , emphasising time and again that socialism has been more successful in the industrial field than in agriculture , as evidenced by the massive Soviet purchases of wheat , the severe rationing in China , the agrarian ...
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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