A Brief History of the Caribbean
Subtitle: From the Arawak and Carib to the Present
Publisher: Plume
Published: September 5, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780452281936
First sentence: Taken together, the Caribbean islands create a kind of long narrow chain, almost 2,500 miles long but never more than 160 miles wide Run roughly north of and parallel to Central and South America, they enclose a body of water we call the Caribbean Ocean or Sea.
Description: "This comprehensive volume takes the reader and student through more than five hundred years of Caribbean history, beginning with Columbus's arrival in the Bahamas in 1492. A Brief History of the Caribbean traces the people and events that have marked this constantly shifting region, encompassing everything from economic booms and busts to epidemics, wars, and revolutions, and bringing to life such important figures as Sir Francis Drake, Blackbeard, Toussaint Louverture, Fidel Castro, the Duvaliers, and Jean-Bertrand Aristide. This superbly written history, revised and updated, with new chapters that reflect the islands' most recent social, economic, and political developments, is a work of impeccable scholarship. Featuring maps, charts, tables, and photographs, it remains the ideal guide to the region and its people." -- Publisher's description