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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... produced in 1,046 factories , could have been produced in 100 factories in Cuba . Barbados ' exports , produced in 440 factories , could have been produced in twenty Cuban factories ; Jamaica's , produced in 140 factories , could have ...
... produced in 1,046 factories , could have been produced in 100 factories in Cuba . Barbados ' exports , produced in 440 factories , could have been produced in twenty Cuban factories ; Jamaica's , produced in 140 factories , could have ...
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... produced 230 tons of sugar in 1868 . Sugar cultivation began in Fiji in 1880 , and in Natal , South Africa , in 1850 ... produced 8,388 tons in 1894-1895 ; New South Wales , in Australia , produced 207,771 tons of cane in the same year ...
... produced 230 tons of sugar in 1868 . Sugar cultivation began in Fiji in 1880 , and in Natal , South Africa , in 1850 ... produced 8,388 tons in 1894-1895 ; New South Wales , in Australia , produced 207,771 tons of cane in the same year ...
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... produced almost half of the total output in 1935 . American capital accelerated a similar centralisation in the Dominican Republic . The West Indies Sugar Corporation and the South Porto Rico Company together owned six of the 14 mills ...
... produced almost half of the total output in 1935 . American capital accelerated a similar centralisation in the Dominican Republic . The West Indies Sugar Corporation and the South Porto Rico Company together owned six of the 14 mills ...
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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