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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... million livres in 1789 , exports to the colonies 78 million . French colonial products re - exported abroad rose from 15 millions in 1715 to 152 millions in 1789. France retained only one - eighth of her sugar imports for domestic ...
... million livres in 1789 , exports to the colonies 78 million . French colonial products re - exported abroad rose from 15 millions in 1715 to 152 millions in 1789. France retained only one - eighth of her sugar imports for domestic ...
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... million , in Haiti at $ 10 million . Of these figures sugar represented more than one - third of the Cuban investment , though the money - value declined from $ 544 million in 1929 to $ 240 million in 1936. 90 per cent of the American ...
... million , in Haiti at $ 10 million . Of these figures sugar represented more than one - third of the Cuban investment , though the money - value declined from $ 544 million in 1929 to $ 240 million in 1936. 90 per cent of the American ...
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... million , had over 75 per cent in plants , railroads , land . The Cuban Atlantic Company had assests of $ 9 million ; the Manati Sugar Company $ 81 million ; the Guantanamo Sugar Company nearly $ 6 million . Behind the United Fruit ...
... million , had over 75 per cent in plants , railroads , land . The Cuban Atlantic Company had assests of $ 9 million ; the Manati Sugar Company $ 81 million ; the Guantanamo Sugar Company nearly $ 6 million . Behind the United Fruit ...
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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