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 368
... Workers tories Acres Sugar Brown Steam Power Antigua 15,058 12,279 78 Barbados 74,000 47,045 440 British Guiana ... workers . The yield was slightly more than one ton of sugar per acre and per worker , less than 250 tons of sugar per ...
... Workers tories Acres Sugar Brown Steam Power Antigua 15,058 12,279 78 Barbados 74,000 47,045 440 British Guiana ... workers . The yield was slightly more than one ton of sugar per acre and per worker , less than 250 tons of sugar per ...
Page 444
... workers and one- third of the factory workers . This wage in itself represented a substantial increase over the wage paid three years before . Where- as in 1932-1933 40 per cent of the field workers and 10 per cent of the factory ...
... workers and one- third of the factory workers . This wage in itself represented a substantial increase over the wage paid three years before . Where- as in 1932-1933 40 per cent of the field workers and 10 per cent of the factory ...
Page 445
... workers ' plight was aggravated by unemployment and underemployment . The sugar industry provides intensive employ- ment during the cutting and grinding season from January to June , which is followed by a ' dead ' season when large ...
... workers ' plight was aggravated by unemployment and underemployment . The sugar industry provides intensive employ- ment during the cutting and grinding season from January to June , which is followed by a ' dead ' season when large ...
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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