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From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean 1492-1969
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From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean 1492-1969 Paperback - 1984

by Eric Williams


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The first of its kind, From Columbus to Castro is a definitive work about a profoundly important but neglected and misrepresented area of the world. Quite simply it's about millions of people scattered across an arc of islands -- Jamaica, Haiti, Barbados, Antigua, Martinique, Trinidad, among others -- separated by the languages and cultures of their colonizers, but joined together, nevertheless, by a common heritage.

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From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean is about 30 million people scattered across an arc of islands -- Jamaica, Haiti, Barbados, Antigua, Martinique, Trinidad, among others-separated by the languages and cultures of their colonizers, but joined together, nevertheless, by a common heritage. For whether French, English, Dutch, Spanish, Danish, or-latterly-American, the nationality of their masters has made only a notional difference to the peoples of the Caribbean. The history of the Caribbean is dominated by the history of sugar, which is inseparable from the history of slavery; which was inseparable, until recently, from the systematic degradation of labor in the region. Here, for the first time, is a definitive work about a profoundly important but neglected and misrepresented area of the world.

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  • Title From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean 1492-1969
  • Author Eric Williams
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Vintage Book
  • Pages 608
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, New York
  • Date 1984-04-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780394715025 / 0394715020
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.96 x 5.32 x 1.01 in (20.22 x 13.51 x 2.57 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Caribbean
  • Library of Congress subjects West Indies - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 82049083
  • Dewey Decimal Code 972.9

Media reviews

"Mr. Williams is forced to write about so much greed and cruelty that it is remarkable that he keeps his temper and his perspective. He succeeds, and his practical discussion of the current state of the Caribbean is among the best of its kind...He writes better than many historians and almost all politicians."

-- The New Yorker

About the author

Eric Williams was Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from their achievement of independence in 1962 until his death in 1981. He is the author of the classic Capitalism and Slavery.
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