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A Brief History Of The Caribbean Indispensable For Travellers
A Brief History Of The Caribbean Indispensable For Travellers
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Description: A concise history of the Caribbean's long and fascinating history from pre - contact civilisations to the present day This is a concise history intended for travellers but of inestimable value to anyone looking for an overview of the Caribbean and its mainland coastal states with a focus on the past few centuries. The history of the Caribbean does not make much sense without factoring in the cities - Pensacola New Orleans Galveston - and the ambitions of the states on its continental shores notably the United States. This account is grounded in a look at the currents and channels of the sea and its constraints such as the Mosquito Coast followed by the history of 'pre - contact civilisations focusing on the Maya and the Toltec Empire. With the arrival of the Europeans from the late fifteenth century to the early years of the seventeenth century the story becomes one of exploration conquest and settlement. Black charts the rise of slave economies and the Caribbean's place in the Atlantic world also the arrival of the English - Hawkins and Drake - to challenge the Spanish. He examines the sugar and coffee slave economies of the English French Spanish and Dutch also the successful rebellion in Haiti in the eighteenth century and how the West Indies were further transformed by the Louisiana Purchase the American conquest of Florida and the incorporation of Texas. He discusses the impact of Bolivar's rebellion in Spanish America the end of slavery in the British Caribbean and war between Mexico and America; also the defeat of the South by the Union the American takeover of the Panama Canal project from France and the Spanish - American War. The first half of the twentieth century focuses on growing US power: intervention in Mexico Honduras Nicaragua Panama Haiti and the Dominican Republic; Cuba as an American protectorate and civil wars in Mexico. The Cold War brought new tensions and conflict to the region but the same period also saw the rise of the leisure industry. The last part of the book looks at the Caribbean today - political instability in Venezuela and Colombia crime in Mexico post - Castro Cuba - and the region's future prospects.
Title: A Brief History Of The Caribbean Indispensable For Travellers
Author(s): Black Jeremy
Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
Barcode: 9781408713488
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 4/26/2022
Series: Brief Histories
Category: Slavery & Abolition Of Slavery
Description: A concise history of the Caribbean's long and fascinating history from pre - contact civilisations to the present day This is a concise history intended for travellers but of inestimable value to anyone looking for an overview of the Caribbean and its mainland coastal states with a focus on the past few centuries. The history of the Caribbean does not make much sense without factoring in the cities - Pensacola New Orleans Galveston - and the ambitions of the states on its continental shores notably the United States. This account is grounded in a look at the currents and channels of the sea and its constraints such as the Mosquito Coast followed by the history of 'pre - contact civilisations focusing on the Maya and the Toltec Empire. With the arrival of the Europeans from the late fifteenth century to the early years of the seventeenth century the story becomes one of exploration conquest and settlement. Black charts the rise of slave economies and the Caribbean's place in the Atlantic world also the arrival of the English - Hawkins and Drake - to challenge the Spanish. He examines the sugar and coffee slave economies of the English French Spanish and Dutch also the successful rebellion in Haiti in the eighteenth century and how the West Indies were further transformed by the Louisiana Purchase the American conquest of Florida and the incorporation of Texas. He discusses the impact of Bolivar's rebellion in Spanish America the end of slavery in the British Caribbean and war between Mexico and America; also the defeat of the South by the Union the American takeover of the Panama Canal project from France and the Spanish - American War. The first half of the twentieth century focuses on growing US power: intervention in Mexico Honduras Nicaragua Panama Haiti and the Dominican Republic; Cuba as an American protectorate and civil wars in Mexico. The Cold War brought new tensions and conflict to the region but the same period also saw the rise of the leisure industry. The last part of the book looks at the Caribbean today - political instability in Venezuela and Colombia crime in Mexico post - Castro Cuba - and the region's future prospects.
Title: A Brief History Of The Caribbean Indispensable For Travellers
Author(s): Black Jeremy
Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
Barcode: 9781408713488
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 4/26/2022
Series: Brief Histories
Category: Slavery & Abolition Of Slavery