Brief History of the Caribbean

This comprehensive volume takes the reader and student through more than five hundred years of Caribbean history, beginning with Columbus's arrival in the Bahamas in 1492. A Brief History of the Caribbean traces the people and events that have marked this constantly shifting region, encompassing everything from economic booms and busts to epidemics, wars, and revolutions, and bringing to life such important figures as Sir Francis Drake, Blackbeard, Toussaint Louverture, Fidel Castro, the Duvaliers, and Jean-Bertrand Aristide. This superbly written history, revised and updated, with new chapters that reflect the islands' most recent social, economic, and political developments, is a work of impeccable scholarship. Featuring maps, charts, tables, and photographs, it remains the ideal guide to the region and its people.

Acest volum cuprinzator duce cititorul si studentii prin mai mult de cinci sute de ani de istorie a Caraibelor, incepand cu sosirea lui Columb in Bahamas in 1492. O scurta istorie a Caraibelor urmareste oamenii si evenimentele care au marcat aceasta regiune in continua schimbare, cuprinzand totul, de la cresteri economice si crize ale epidemiilor, razboaielor si revolutiilor si aducerea la viata a unor figuri importante precum Sir Francis Drake, Barba Neagra, Toussaint Louverture, Fidel Castro, Duvaliers si Jean-Bertrand Aristide.