The Lesser Antilles in the age of European expansion
By: edited by Robert L. Paquette and Stanley L. Engerman.
Contributors: Paquette, Robert L., 1951-; Engerman, Stanley L.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Gainesville, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Indians of the West Indies -- Antilles, Lesser -- History.; Slavery -- Antilles, Lesser -- History.; Antilles, Lesser -- History.
Description: "Outgrowth of papers presented at conference marking Columbus' quincentennial and centering around new societies formed as a result of culture contact. Essays focus on precolumbian peoples of the Lesser Antilles and their earliest encounters with Europeans; imperial rivalries and wars and their impact on settlement patterns; and local societies, slavery, trade, and abolition. Highly useful"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.