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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... increased to 53,811 , or 3 per cent of the total population . Flor de Cuba plantation had 409 Negroes and 170 Chinese ; San Martin 452 Negroes and 125 Chinese ; Santa Susana 632 Negroes and 200 Chinese . Someone pointed out that the ...
... increased to 53,811 , or 3 per cent of the total population . Flor de Cuba plantation had 409 Negroes and 170 Chinese ; San Martin 452 Negroes and 125 Chinese ; Santa Susana 632 Negroes and 200 Chinese . Someone pointed out that the ...
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... increased nearly ten times . Under the stimulus of American capital , sugar exports in Haiti increased from an average of 3 per cent of total exports for the decade 1916-1926 to 14 per cent in 1938 and nearly 20 per cent in 1939 . Small ...
... increased nearly ten times . Under the stimulus of American capital , sugar exports in Haiti increased from an average of 3 per cent of total exports for the decade 1916-1926 to 14 per cent in 1938 and nearly 20 per cent in 1939 . Small ...
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... increased still more by the increase of rural wages by 20 per cent between 1959 and 1961. This created an ... increasing the labour provided without increasing quite as quickly the number of wage earners ; and I proposed that the members ...
... increased still more by the increase of rural wages by 20 per cent between 1959 and 1961. This created an ... increasing the labour provided without increasing quite as quickly the number of wage earners ; and I proposed that the members ...
Contents
Introduction 10 | 10 |
Westward Ho | 13 |
Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the West Indies | 18 |
Copyright | |
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