A Concise History of the Caribbean
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2021
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2nd Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-48098-7 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-48098-7 (ISBN)
A comprehensive narrative, tracing the economic, social and political history of the islands of the Caribbean from the earliest times to the present. Patterns of colonisation and the development of slave societies are linked to the ethnic and cultural features of the region, and to the process of creolisation.
A Concise History of the Caribbean offers a comprehensive interpretation of the history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonisation, the development of slavery and the slave trade, the extraordinary profits earned by the plantation economy, the great revolution in Haiti, movements towards political independence, the Cuban Revolution, and the diaspora of Caribbean people. In this second edition, Higman covers the political, social, and environmental developments of the last decade, offering sections on insular politics, Cuban communism, earthquakes, hurricanes, climate change, resource ecologies, epidemics, identity and reparations. Written in a lively and accessible style, and current with the most recent research, the book provides a compelling narrative of Caribbean history essential for students and visitors.
A Concise History of the Caribbean offers a comprehensive interpretation of the history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonisation, the development of slavery and the slave trade, the extraordinary profits earned by the plantation economy, the great revolution in Haiti, movements towards political independence, the Cuban Revolution, and the diaspora of Caribbean people. In this second edition, Higman covers the political, social, and environmental developments of the last decade, offering sections on insular politics, Cuban communism, earthquakes, hurricanes, climate change, resource ecologies, epidemics, identity and reparations. Written in a lively and accessible style, and current with the most recent research, the book provides a compelling narrative of Caribbean history essential for students and visitors.
B. W. Higman is Professor Emeritus at the Australian National University and Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies, where he studied and taught for thirty years. His numerous books include Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica 1807-1834 (1977), which was awarded the Bancroft Prize.
1. A history of islands; 2. Ancient archipelago, 7200 BP-AD 1492; 3. Columbian cataclysm, 1492-1630; 4. Plantation peoples, 1630-1770; 5. Rebels and revolutionaries, 1770-1870; 6. Democrats and dictators, 1870-1940; 7.Decolonization and diasporas, 1940-2000; 8. A changing climate, 2000-2020.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.06.2021 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Concise Histories |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 143 x 222 mm |
| Gewicht | 690 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-48098-5 / 1108480985 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-48098-7 / 9781108480987 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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