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Book

A brief history of the Caribbean

Call Number

  • 972.9 F4755 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Facts on File, c2008.

Physical Description

xxv, 310 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Contents

  • Pre-Columbian inhabitants
  • Two worlds in collision : The Spanish Conquest (1492-1552)
  • European challenges to Spanish rule (1500-1850)
  • Industry and slavery (1500-1850)
  • Revolutions in America, France, and Haiti (c. 1700-1850)
  • Slave rebellions, antislavery movements, and wars of independence (c. 1700-1850)
  • Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Spanish-Cuban-American War (1850-1900)
  • Cuba : dictatorship and revolution (1900-2007)
  • Fragmentation and occupation : Haiti and the Dominican Republic (1900-2000)
  • Commonwealth, federation, and autonomy : Puerto Rico, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and the Dutch Caribbean (1900-2000)
  • Jamaica, Trinidad, and Grenada : uncertain glory (1900-2000)
  • The 21st century: immigration and uncertainties.

Subjects

Added Authors

Frank Argote-Freyre