From Columbus to Castro: the history of the Caribbean, 1492-1969
Dr. 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
History
576 pages, 24 plates illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits 23 cm
9780233961637, 9780233976563, 9780233000909, 0233961631, 0233976566, 0233000909
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Westward ho!
Christopher Columbus and the discovery of the West Indies
Gold and sugar
White capital and coloured labour
Spanish colonialism
The cockpit of Europe
The poor Whites
King sugar
Capitalism and slavery
The exclusive
White colonials versus Black colonials
Crush the infamy!
Down with colonialism! The American revolution
Down with colonialism and slavery! the Haitian revolution
Colonialism and slavery after the Haitian revolution
The abolition of the Caribbean slave system
The ordeal of free labour
Asian immigration
The West Indian sugar economy in the nineteenth century
The struggle for the world sugar market
Nineteenth-century colonialism
Manifest destiny
The American Mediterranean
The American sugar kingdom
Twentieth-century colonialism
The colonial nationalist movement
Castroism
The future of the Caribbean
Map on lining papers