| A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and Carib to the Present Revised Edition Contributor(s): Rogozinski, Jan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0452281938 ISBN-13: 9780452281936 Publisher: Plume Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2000 Annotation: This comprehensive volume takes the reader and student through more than 500 years of Caribbean history, beginning with Columbus's arrival in the Bahamas in 1492. The superbly written history, revised and updated, with new chapters that reflect the islands' most recent social, economic, and political developments, is a work of impeccable scholarship. Featuring maps, charts, tables, and photographs, it remains the ideal guide to the region and its people. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General - Political Science | World - Caribbean & Latin American - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism |
| Dewey: 972.9 |
| LCCN: 98051304 |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.07" W x 9.03" (1.01 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This comprehensive volume takes the reader and student through more than five hundred years of Caribbean history, beginning with Columbus's arrival in the Bahamas in 1492. A Brief History of the Caribbean traces the people and events that have marked this constantly shifting region, encompassing everything from economic booms and busts to epidemics, wars, and revolutions, and bringing to life such important figures as Sir Francis Drake, Blackbeard, Toussaint Louverture, Fidel Castro, the Duvaliers, and Jean-Bertrand Aristide. This superbly written history, revised and updated, with new chapters that reflect the islands' most recent social, economic, and political developments, is a work of impeccable scholarship. Featuring maps, charts, tables, and photographs, it remains the ideal guide to the region and its people. |