B. W. Higman

A Concise History of the Caribbean

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Produktbeschreibung

A compelling account of Caribbean history from colonization to slavery and revolution, through the tumult of hurricanes and climate change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 478
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 802g
• ISBN-13: 9781108480987
• ISBN-10: 1108480985
• Artikelnr.: 61841086

Autorenporträt

B. W. Higman is Professor Emeritus at the Australian National University and Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies, where he studied and taught for thirty years. His numerous books include Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica 1807-1834 (1977), which was awarded the Bancroft Prize.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A history of islands
2. Ancient archipelago, 7200 BP-AD 1492
3. Columbian cataclysm, 1492-1630
4. Plantation peoples, 1630-1770
5. Rebels and revolutionaries, 1770-1870
6. Democrats and dictators, 1870-1940
7.Decolonization and diasporas, 1940-2000
8. A changing climate, 2000-2020.

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1. A history of islands; 2. Ancient archipelago, 7200 BC-AD 1492; 3. Columbian cataclysm, 1492-1630; 4. Plantation peoples, 1630-1770; 5. Rebels and revolutionaries, 1770-1870; 6. Democrats and dictators, 1870-1945; 7. The Caribbean since 1945; 8. Canoe, caravel, container ship.

Rezensionen

'A first-rate interpretive overview that at present has no equal, by a master historian and insightful scholar.' David Barry Gaspar, Duke University