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A brief history of the Caribbean : from the Arawak and the Carib to the present
- Title
- A brief history of the Caribbean : from the Arawak and the Carib to the present / Jan Rogoziński.
- Author
- Rogoziński, Jan.
- Publication
- New York : Facts On File, c1999.
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Details
- Description
- xv, 415 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-399) and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. The Caribbean under Spanish rule -- ch. 1. The enduring environment and the first islanders -- ch. 2. Discovery of the islands -- ch. 3. Pirates fight for Spanish gold -- ch. 4. Spain's Caribbean colonies -- pt. 2. Northern Europeans come to stay -- ch. 5. The Dutch empire -- ch. 6. Settlement of the Lesser Antilles -- ch. 7. The buccaneers of Jamaica, Saint-Domingue, and the Bahamas -- ch. 8. War and piracy, 1665-1720 -- pt. 3. The sugar empire -- ch. 9. Sugar rules the islands -- - ch. 10. The world of the slaves -- ch. 11. England and France struggle to control the islands -- ch. 12. Runaways and rebels -- pt. 4. The abolition of slavery and the challenges of freedom -- ch. 13. The British colonies -- ch. 14. The Spanish islands fight for freedom -- ch. 15. Hispaniola and the Leeward Islands -- pt. 5. Poverty and progress in the Caribbean since 1914 -- ch. 16. Cuba during the 20th century -- ch. 17. The Dominican Republic and Haiti -- ch. 18. Colonialism's mixed blessings -- ch. 18. The British colonies gain independence -- ch. 20. Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, and the Bahamas since independence -- ch. 21. The English-speaking eastern Caribbean states.
- Call Number
- JHE 01-278
- ISBN
- 0816038112 (alk. paper)
- 0816038120
- LCCN
- 98051304
- OCLC
- 40338439
- Author
- Rogoziński, Jan.
- Title
- A brief history of the Caribbean : from the Arawak and the Carib to the present / Jan Rogoziński.
- Imprint
- New York : Facts On File, c1999.
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-399) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JHE 01-278