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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... force , whose position rested on his reputation for saintliness and the fact that he was a good speaker . But the driving force of the abolition movement in its early days was the Prime Minister , William Pitt . With Pitt and ...
... force , whose position rested on his reputation for saintliness and the fact that he was a good speaker . But the driving force of the abolition movement in its early days was the Prime Minister , William Pitt . With Pitt and ...
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... forces reached 22,000 men . The force was eventually con- verted on the surface into an O.A.S. force in the face of hostile world opinion , and since then the Dominican Republic has un- certainly , under President Balaguer , sought to ...
... forces reached 22,000 men . The force was eventually con- verted on the surface into an O.A.S. force in the face of hostile world opinion , and since then the Dominican Republic has un- certainly , under President Balaguer , sought to ...
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... force was chronically un- employed . Few countries had a heavier overhead and such under - utilised production ... forces on the world market . Sugar pro- duction fluctuated from 3.6 million tons in 1923 to 5.2 million in 1925 , 3 ...
... force was chronically un- employed . Few countries had a heavier overhead and such under - utilised production ... forces on the world market . Sugar pro- duction fluctuated from 3.6 million tons in 1923 to 5.2 million in 1925 , 3 ...
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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