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RECORD NUMBER: 288 OF 1946

Main Title Brief history of the Caribbean : from the Arawak and the Carib to the present /
Author Rogozinski, Jan.
Publisher Facts on File,
Year Published 1992
OCLC Number 24469411
ISBN 0816024510 (alk. paper)
Subjects West Indies--History
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EIAM  F1621.R72 1992 Region 2 Library/New York,NY 02/01/2006
Collation ix, 324 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-316) and index.
Contents Notes
pt. 1. The Caribbean under Spanish rule: The enduring environment and the First Islanders ; Discovery of the islands ; Pirates fight for Spanish gold ; Spain's Caribbean colonies -- pt. 2. Northern Europeans come to stay: The Dutch empire ; Settlement of the Lesser Antilles ; The buccaneers of Jamaica, Saint-Dominigue, and the Bahamas ; War and piracy, 1665-1720 -- pt. 3. The sugar empire: Sugar rules the islands ; The world of the slaves ; England and France struggle to control the islands ; Runaways and rebels -- pt. 4. The abolition of slavery and the challenges of freedom: The British colonies ; The Spanish islands fight for freedom ; Hispaniola and the Leeward Islands -- pt. 5. Poverty and progress in the Caribbean since 1914: The United States and the independent nations ; The islands regain political independence ; The Commonwealth Caribbean since independence.