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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... interests of the British West Indies were subordinated to English interests , as the interests of the French West 164 From Columbus to Castro.
... interests of the British West Indies were subordinated to English interests , as the interests of the French West 164 From Columbus to Castro.
Page 342
... interests , or supposed interests , of a small but in- fluential minority which has special means of enforcing its wishes and bringing its claims to notice ... The settlement of the labouring popula- tion on the land , and the ...
... interests , or supposed interests , of a small but in- fluential minority which has special means of enforcing its wishes and bringing its claims to notice ... The settlement of the labouring popula- tion on the land , and the ...
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... interests from the bounty system to be as great as alleged , still the interest of the people of the United Kingdom in cheap sugar preponderates so greatly that that injury , in the interests of the majority , and apart from all ...
... interests from the bounty system to be as great as alleged , still the interest of the people of the United Kingdom in cheap sugar preponderates so greatly that that injury , in the interests of the majority , and apart from all ...
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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