A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and Carib to the Present

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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.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 1, 2000
Edition ‏ : ‎ Subsequent
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0452281938
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0452281936
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.98 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #338,347 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #23 in Haiti Caribbean & West Indies History #125 in Caribbean & Latin American Politics #135 in Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
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