Myths and realities of Caribbean history
Reid, Basil A., 1961-
Myths and realities of Caribbean history [electronic resource] / Basil A. Reid. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009. - xiv, 154 p. : ill., maps. - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory . - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-150) and index.
Myth 1. Caribbean history started with the arrival of Christoper Columbus in 1492 -- Myth 2. The Arawaks and Caribs were the two major groups in the precolonial Caribbean -- Myth 3. Columbus met Arawaks in the northern Caribbean -- Myth 4. The natives encountered by Christopher Columbus in the northern Caribbean migrated from South America -- Myth 5. The Arawaks were the first potters and farmers to have settled in the Caribbean -- Myth 6. The Ciboneys lived in western Cuba at the time of Spanish contact -- Myth 7. The Island-Caribs were cannnibals -- Myth 8. All the Amerindians migrating from South America to the Caribbean island-hopped from the continent to the Lesser and Greater Antilles -- Myth 9. The Spanish introduced syphilis into the Caribbean and the new world -- Myth 10. Christopher Columbus wrote the version of his "Diario" (diary) that we use today -- Myth 11. The Spanish colonists brought "civilization" to native societies in the Caribbean.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA940845 bnb
Uk
Caribbean Area--History--Errors, inventions, etc.
Electronic books.
F2176 / .R43 2009eb
972.9/01
Myths and realities of Caribbean history [electronic resource] / Basil A. Reid. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009. - xiv, 154 p. : ill., maps. - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory . - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-150) and index.
Myth 1. Caribbean history started with the arrival of Christoper Columbus in 1492 -- Myth 2. The Arawaks and Caribs were the two major groups in the precolonial Caribbean -- Myth 3. Columbus met Arawaks in the northern Caribbean -- Myth 4. The natives encountered by Christopher Columbus in the northern Caribbean migrated from South America -- Myth 5. The Arawaks were the first potters and farmers to have settled in the Caribbean -- Myth 6. The Ciboneys lived in western Cuba at the time of Spanish contact -- Myth 7. The Island-Caribs were cannnibals -- Myth 8. All the Amerindians migrating from South America to the Caribbean island-hopped from the continent to the Lesser and Greater Antilles -- Myth 9. The Spanish introduced syphilis into the Caribbean and the new world -- Myth 10. Christopher Columbus wrote the version of his "Diario" (diary) that we use today -- Myth 11. The Spanish colonists brought "civilization" to native societies in the Caribbean.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA940845 bnb
Uk
Caribbean Area--History--Errors, inventions, etc.
Electronic books.
F2176 / .R43 2009eb
972.9/01