A traveller's history of the Caribbean
By: James Ferguson ; line drawings, John Hoste.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Series: The traveller's history series; Traveller's history.
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: West Indies -- History.
Other titles: Caribbean
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-354) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONE: Columbus and the Indigenous Caribbean 1; title: CHAPTER TWO: The Spanish in the Caribbean 29; title: CHAPTER THREE: European Battlefield 57; title: CHAPTER FOUR: Sugar and Slavery 86; title: CHAPTER FIVE: Revolution and Self-Emancipation 120; title: CHAPTER SIX: Abolition and After 151; title: CHAPTER SEVEN: The American Sea 188; title: CHAPTER EIGHT: Unrest and Reform 227; title: CHAPTER NINE: Independence and the Cold War 262; title: CHAPTER TEN: The Modern Caribbean 303; title: Chronology of Major Events 341; title: Heads of Government Since Independence 347.