The Caribbean :

Heuman, Gad J.

The Caribbean : a brief history / Gad Heuman. - Second edition. - London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014. - xiv, 257 p : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-238) and index.

Machine generated contents note The Amerindians and European patterns of settlement -- Sugar and slavery -- Slavery, work and the slaves' economy -- Neither black nor white -- The world the planters made -- Slave resistance: Africans, Maroons and women -- The Haitian Revolution -- The abolition debates -- Race, racism and equality -- From slavery to freedom -- Riots and resistance in the aftermath of emancipation -- The Africanization of the Caribbean -- The American century -- Labour protests and the 1930s -- The revolutionary Caribbean -- Contemporary themes in the Hispanic and the wider Caribbean -- The cultures of the Caribbean. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

9781780935997 (hardback) 9781780936024 (paperback) 9781780936024 (pbk.)

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Caribbean Area--History.
Caribbean Area--Politics and government.
Caribbean Area--Social conditions.

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