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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Page 52
... established , but the vested interests involved were already too powerful , and the industry continued to expand . Colonial industry had reached such a point in 1584 , in the form chiefly of wine and wool , that the fleets of that year ...
... established , but the vested interests involved were already too powerful , and the industry continued to expand . Colonial industry had reached such a point in 1584 , in the form chiefly of wine and wool , that the fleets of that year ...
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... established a large number of refineries in the said islands ; that almost all of the sugar pro- duced is being refined there ; and that consequently the refineries estab- lished in France have almost ceased work and that men and ...
... established a large number of refineries in the said islands ; that almost all of the sugar pro- duced is being refined there ; and that consequently the refineries estab- lished in France have almost ceased work and that men and ...
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... establish in that Colony . ' With respect to the first of these points , it has undergone the most deliberate ... established in those Islands to be the best could be afforded them in their situation , it would not follow that the ...
... establish in that Colony . ' With respect to the first of these points , it has undergone the most deliberate ... established in those Islands to be the best could be afforded them in their situation , it would not follow that the ...
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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