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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... sugar . Virtually excluded from the British market , the Caribbean sugar industry was beginning to find that the United States market , too , was slipping . In 1865 , two per cent of the United States consump- tion was produced by ...
... sugar . Virtually excluded from the British market , the Caribbean sugar industry was beginning to find that the United States market , too , was slipping . In 1865 , two per cent of the United States consump- tion was produced by ...
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... sugar which the American people use , and for which they pay other countries more than $ 100,000,000 annually . ' A leaflet of the American Beet Sugar Industry , circulated widely in the presidential campaign of that year , estimated ...
... sugar which the American people use , and for which they pay other countries more than $ 100,000,000 annually . ' A leaflet of the American Beet Sugar Industry , circulated widely in the presidential campaign of that year , estimated ...
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... sugar industry , 20 per cent of the population of Barbados , 17 per cent of British Guiana's , 12 per cent of St. Lucia's , 10 per cent of Trinidad's . With the ancillary occupations which have their whole origin in some phase of the sugar ...
... sugar industry , 20 per cent of the population of Barbados , 17 per cent of British Guiana's , 12 per cent of St. Lucia's , 10 per cent of Trinidad's . With the ancillary occupations which have their whole origin in some phase of the sugar ...
Contents
Introduction 10 | 10 |
Westward Ho | 13 |
Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the West Indies | 18 |
Copyright | |
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