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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... colonies were not only the sources of the prosperity but also the foundation of the maritime strength of the European countries , it seemed to him that it was contrary to sound policy that Britain should afford them the means of ...
... colonies were not only the sources of the prosperity but also the foundation of the maritime strength of the European countries , it seemed to him that it was contrary to sound policy that Britain should afford them the means of ...
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... Colonies to Great Britain , London , 1731 Some Considerations humbly offer'd upon the Bill now depending in the House of Lords , relating to the Trade between the Northern Colonies and the Sugar - Islands , London , 1732 Memorials ...
... Colonies to Great Britain , London , 1731 Some Considerations humbly offer'd upon the Bill now depending in the House of Lords , relating to the Trade between the Northern Colonies and the Sugar - Islands , London , 1732 Memorials ...
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... Colonies , and of the Great Advantages they are to England , in respect to Trade , London , 1690 Charles Davenant , Discourse on the Trade and Publick Revenues of England , London 1698 - there are other useful writings of Davenant , all ...
... Colonies , and of the Great Advantages they are to England , in respect to Trade , London , 1690 Charles Davenant , Discourse on the Trade and Publick Revenues of England , London 1698 - there are other useful writings of Davenant , all ...
Contents
Introduction | 10 |
Westward Ho | 13 |
Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the West Indies | 18 |
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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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