Toni Martin

Caribbean History

From Pre-Colonial Origins to the Present

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Produktbeschreibung

More centrally focused on the Caribbean than any other survey of the region, Caribbean History examines a wide range of topics to give students a thorough understanding of the region's history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson Education
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 185mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780132208604
• ISBN-10: 0132208601
• Artikelnr.: 34224533

Autorenporträt

Tony Martin was a Professor of Afriaca Studies at Wellesley College

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: Original Peoples
Chapter 2: The Coming of Columbus
Chapter 3: The Northern European Challenge to Spain
Chapter 4: The Africans: Long Night of Enslavement
Chapter 5: The Enslaved and te Manumitted: Human Strivings in Savage Surroundings
Chapter 6: The Big FIght Back: Resistance, Marronage, Proto-States
Chapter 7: The Big Fight Back: Suriname and Jamaica
Chapter 8: The Big Fight: Rebellion to Haitian Revolution
Chapter 9: Emancipation: Help Arrives from Europe
Chapter 10: After Emancipation: Obstacles and Progress
Chapter 11: The Caribbean and Africa Through the Early 20th Century
Chapter 12: The United States and the Caribbean to World War II
Chapter 13: Twentieth Century to World War II: Turbulent Times
Chapter 14: World War II to Century's End
Chapter 15: Prognosis