| Description |
xiii, 224 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Brief histories
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Brief histories.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-212) and index. |
| Contents |
The Amerindians and European patterns of settlement -- Sugar and slavery -- Slavery, work and the slaves' economy -- Neither black nor white -- The world the planters made -- Slave resistance: Africans, maroons and women -- The Haitian revolution -- The abolition debates -- Race, racism and equality -- From slavery to freedom -- Riots and resistance in the aftermath of emancipation -- The Africanization of the Caribbean -- The American century -- Labour protests and the 1930s -- The revolutionary Caribbean -- Contemporary themes -- The cultures of the Caribbean. |
| Subject |
Caribbean Area -- History.
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Caribbean Area. |
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History. |
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Caribbean Area -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
| ISBN |
0340763639 |
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9780340763636 |
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