From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492-1969Dr. William's purpose, as he explains in his foreword, is twofold: to set the record straight by collating all existing knowledge of the Caribbean in realtion to the rest of the world, and to provide, through greater awareness of its heritage of exploitation and neglect, a sure foundation for the economic integration of the region to which, as a statesman, he is firmly committed. |
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... economy from its mercantilist shackles . The revolutionary character of the forcible severance of the thirteen colonies from their mercantilist economic past has not been fully appreciated largely because the American Revolution was a ...
... economy from its mercantilist shackles . The revolutionary character of the forcible severance of the thirteen colonies from their mercantilist economic past has not been fully appreciated largely because the American Revolution was a ...
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... economy heavily dependent for its foreign exchange on exports of wheat . The subjection of Canada to the new American economic imperialism happened almost overnight after World War II - between 1945 and 1955 - when there was a vast ...
... economy heavily dependent for its foreign exchange on exports of wheat . The subjection of Canada to the new American economic imperialism happened almost overnight after World War II - between 1945 and 1955 - when there was a vast ...
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... economy by equity investment by American corporations , the dependence on the U.S.A. was a cumulative process rather than a transitional phenomenon . While the present Russian economic domination may in principle be ultimately less dele ...
... economy by equity investment by American corporations , the dependence on the U.S.A. was a cumulative process rather than a transitional phenomenon . While the present Russian economic domination may in principle be ultimately less dele ...
Contents
Introduction 10 | 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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