Caribbean History : From Pre-Colonial Origins to the Present
ISBN: 9780132208604 | 0132208601
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 11/9/2011
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An up-to-date, comprehensive survey of Caribbean history from pre-colonial times to the present. More centrally focused on the Caribbean than any other survey of the region, Caribbean Historyexamines a wide range of topics to give readers a thorough understanding of the region's history. The text favors a traditional, largely chronological approach to the study of Caribbean history, however, because it is impossible to be entirely chronological in the complex agglomeration of often disparate historical experiences, some thematic chapters occupy... MORE
Preface
Chapter 1: Original Peoples
Chapter 2: The Coming of Columbus
Chapter 3: The Northern European Challenge ... MORE
Chapter 4: The Africans: Long Night of Enslavement
Chapter 5: The Enslaved and te Manumitted: Human Strivings in Savage Surroundings
Chapter 6: The Big FIght Back: Resistance, Marronage, Proto-States
Chapter 7: The Big Fight Back: Suriname and Jamaica
Chapter 8: The Big FIght: Rebellion to Haitian Revolution
Chapter 9: Emancipation: Help Arrives from Europe
Chapter 10: After Emancipation: Obstacles and Progress
Chapter 11: The Caribbean and Africa Through the Early 20th Century
Chapter 12: The United States and the Caribbean to World War II
Chapter 13: Twentieth Century to World War II: Turbulent Times
Chapter 14: World War II to Century's End
Chapter 15: Prognosis
Index
Tony Martin, Professor Emeritus of Wellesley College, taught in the Africana Studies Department for 34 years. Martin began his teaching career at the University of Michigan-Flint, the Cipriani Labour College in Trinidad, and St. Mary's College in Trinidad. He began teaching at Wellesley in 1973. Martin is the author of a number of books on Marcus Garvey, including, Race First: The Ideological and Organizational Struggles of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (1976), Marcus Garvey Hero: A First Biography, African Fundamentalism : A Literary and Cultural Anthology of Garvey's Harlem Renaissance, Literary Garveyism: Garvey, Black Arts and the Harlem Renaissance, The Poetical Works of Marcus Garvey, and The Pan- African Connection: From Slavery to Garvey and Beyond. He is the co-author of Rare Afro-Americana: A Reconstruction of the Adger Library.
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