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 122
... sugar ( about 180 tons ) , and 34 puncheons of rum a year , em- ployed 229 slaves , seven white servants and 220 head of cattle . There were two other sugar plantations over two thousand acres in size . Twenty - two others were over ...
... sugar ( about 180 tons ) , and 34 puncheons of rum a year , em- ployed 229 slaves , seven white servants and 220 head of cattle . There were two other sugar plantations over two thousand acres in size . Twenty - two others were over ...
Page 387
... sugar ; in 1897 , 31 per cent . The United States was the second best market in the world for sugar . Virtually excluded from the British market , the Caribbean sugar industry was beginning to find that the United States market , too ...
... sugar ; in 1897 , 31 per cent . The United States was the second best market in the world for sugar . Virtually excluded from the British market , the Caribbean sugar industry was beginning to find that the United States market , too ...
Page 430
... sugar - cane farms , but comprised 60 per cent of the total cane acreage and produced 67 per cent of the sugar in 1935. The four American companies held nearly one - quarter of all the cane land in the island and nearly one - half of ...
... sugar - cane farms , but comprised 60 per cent of the total cane acreage and produced 67 per cent of the sugar in 1935. The four American companies held nearly one - quarter of all the cane land in the island and nearly one - half of ...
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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