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  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: concise history of the Caribbean
  name:
    name part: Higman, B. W.
    name part: 1943-
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xii, 357 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
  abstract: A Concise History of the Caribbean presents a general history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand years ago to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonization, the development of slavery and the slave trade, the extraordinary profits earned by the plantation economy, the great revolution in Haiti, movements toward political independence, the Cuban Revolution and the diaspora of Caribbean people. Written in a lively and accessible style yet current with the most recent research, the book provides a compelling narrative of Caribbean history essential for students and visitors.
  table of contents: 1. A history of islands; 2. Ancient archipelago, 7200 BC-AD 1492; 3. Columbian cataclysm, 1492-1630; 4. Plantation peoples, 1630-1770; 5. Rebels and revolutionaries, 1770-1870; 6. Democrats and dictators, 1870-1945; 7. The Caribbean since 1945; 8. Canoe, caravel, container ship.
  note: B.W. Higman.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: cc-----
  subject:
    geographic: Caribbean Area
    topic: History
  classification: F1621 .H55 2011
  classification: 972.9
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Cambridge concise histories
  identifier: 9780521888547 (hardback)
  identifier: 0521888549 (hardback)
  identifier: 9780521043489 (pbk.)
  identifier: 0521043484 (pbk.)
  identifier: 2010041963
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 100929
    record change date: 20151202114458.0
    record identifier: in00002645571