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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... dependence on the outside world , even in the independent countries of the Common- wealth Caribbean . With the exception of Cuba ( the character of whose dependence is different from that of the others ) , the . politically dependent ...
... dependence on the outside world , even in the independent countries of the Common- wealth Caribbean . With the exception of Cuba ( the character of whose dependence is different from that of the others ) , the . politically dependent ...
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... dependence on the outside world . In the Caribbean , it almost appears as if the growth of per capita income and the reduction of unemployment are not only mutually exclusive but also conflicting tendencies . Dependence on the outside ...
... dependence on the outside world . In the Caribbean , it almost appears as if the growth of per capita income and the reduction of unemployment are not only mutually exclusive but also conflicting tendencies . Dependence on the outside ...
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... dependence on Russia is at least in principle no more than transitional and will last until Cuba removes the foreign exchange constraint to her development , which she is now attempting to do . On the other hand , in the previous ...
... dependence on Russia is at least in principle no more than transitional and will last until Cuba removes the foreign exchange constraint to her development , which she is now attempting to do . On the other hand , in the previous ...
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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