From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean 1492-1969The first of its kind, From Columbus to Castro is a definitive work about a profoundly important but neglected and misrepresented area of the world. Quite simply it's about millions of people scattered across an arc of islands -- Jamaica, Haiti, Barbados, Antigua, Martinique, Trinidad, among others -- separated by the languages and cultures of their colonizers, but joined together, nevertheless, by a common heritage. |
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Page 111
... tobacco and cotton . The cultivation of tobacco gave the Caribbean planters their first taste of the capricious world market . The taste was not pleasant . The Council of Virginia pro- tested to the Privy Council in England against ...
... tobacco and cotton . The cultivation of tobacco gave the Caribbean planters their first taste of the capricious world market . The taste was not pleasant . The Council of Virginia pro- tested to the Privy Council in England against ...
Page 162
... tobacco and sugar . Colbert , a rigid mercantilist , forbade tobacco cultivation in Canada on the grounds that it would prove less profitable than other occupations and that it would injure the interests of the West Indies . He also ...
... tobacco and sugar . Colbert , a rigid mercantilist , forbade tobacco cultivation in Canada on the grounds that it would prove less profitable than other occupations and that it would injure the interests of the West Indies . He also ...
Page 439
... tobacco industry to the economy . Tobacco , the field par excellence of small white farmers , represented 40 per cent of Cuba's exports in 1902 , only 10 per cent in 1939. For the whole period 1902–1939 the average proportion of tobacco ...
... tobacco industry to the economy . Tobacco , the field par excellence of small white farmers , represented 40 per cent of Cuba's exports in 1902 , only 10 per cent in 1939. For the whole period 1902–1939 the average proportion of tobacco ...
Contents
Introduction | 10 |
Westward Ho | 13 |
Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the West Indies | 18 |
Copyright | |
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From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492-1969 Eric Williams No preview available - 1983 |
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