B. W. Higman

Concise History of the Caribbean (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A Concise History of the Caribbean offers a comprehensive interpretation of the history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonisation, the development of slavery and the slave trade, the extraordinary profits earned by the plantation economy, the great revolution in Haiti, movements towards political independence, the Cuban Revolution, and the diaspora of Caribbean people. In this second edition, Higman covers the political, social, and environmental developments of the last decade, offering sections on insular politics, Cuban communism, earthquakes, hurricanes, climate change, resource ecologies, epidemics, identity and reparations. Written in a lively and accessible style, and current with the most recent research, the book provides a compelling narrative of Caribbean history essential for students and visitors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108576086
• Artikelnr.: 66178100

Autorenporträt

B. W. Higman is the William Keith Hancock Professor of History at the Australian National University. He is the author of ten books on Caribbean history, archaeology and geography, including Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834 (1976, Cambridge University Press, awarded the Bancroft Prize), Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: Capital and Control in a Colonial Economy (2005) and Jamaican Food: History, Biology, Culture (2008). Higman is Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, Jamaica.

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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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