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A concise history of the Caribbean /

"A Concise History of the Caribbean presents a general history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand years ago to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonization, the development of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Higman, B. W.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Series:Cambridge concise histories.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • A history of islands
  • Ancient archipelago, 7200 BP-AD 1492
  • Columbian cataclysm, 1492-1630
  • Plantation peoples, 1630-1770
  • Rebels and revolutionaries, 1770-1870
  • Democrats and dictators, 1870-1945
  • The Caribbean since 1945
  • Canoe, caravel, container ship.