1st Edition

The Caribbean History Reader

Edited By Nicola Foote Copyright 2012
    448 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    448 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    The Caribbean is a region that has been at the heart of world history and global development for centuries. Despite its small geographic size, it is the lynchpin of the Atlantic economy. Further, through a series of migrations, Caribbean people are represented in most of the major cities of the West, and have impacted the histories of Britain, Canada, and the United States, as well as places throughout Europe and Latin America.

    The Caribbean History Reader provides a thorough and up-to-date overview of Caribbean history from the pre-Columbian era to the present. It brings together a range of classic and innovative articles and primary sources, to create an introduction to Caribbean political, economic, social and cultural currents, providing an important first reference point to scholars and students alike.

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    Chapter One: Pre-Colombian Societies

    Chapter Two: First Encounters

    Chapter Three: Trade, Piracy and War

    Chapter Four: Sugar, the Plantation Revolution and the Development of the Slave Economy

    Chapter Five: Slave Society

    Chapter Six: Slave Resistance

    Chapter Seven: The Haitian Revolution

    Chapter Eight: Abolition and Emancipation

    Chapter Nine: Post-Emancipation Society and Economy

    Chapter Ten: Indentured Labour and Nineteenth Century Immigration

    Chapter Eleven: U.S. Interventions and Influences in the Early Twentieth Century

    Chapter Twelve: The Africanization of the Caribbean

    Chapter Thirteen: War, Labor and Urban Protest

    Chapter Fourteen: Dictatorship and Political Repression – Trujillo and Duvalier

    Chapter Fifteen: Decolonization in the Anglophone Caribbean and Suriname

    Chapter Sixteen: Politics and Society in the Non-Independent Caribbean

    Chapter Seventeen: The Revolutionary Caribbean – Cuba and Grenada

    Chapter Eighteen: Economic Diversification and Development

    Chapter Nineteen: Race, Identity and Politics in the Twentieth Century

    Chapter Twenty: Migration and Diaspora

    Biography

    Nicola Foote is Assistant Professor of Latin American History at Florida Gulf Coast University. She is the co-editor of Military Struggle and Identity Formation in Latin America.

    "An extraordinary tool for teaching the Caribbean from pre-1492 to the present! Historian Nicola Foote expertly combines concise introductions, written and visual sources, and pioneering analyses by leading scholars to present the key themes of Caribbean history, with a special emphasis on encounters, migration, labor, and politics. This volume will enable readers and students to discover the astonishing diversity and resourcefulness of the Caribbean people over several centuries."

    Aline Helg, author of Our Rightful Share: The Afro-Cuban Struggle for Equality, 1886-1912 and Liberty and Equality in Caribbean Colombia, 1770-1835