TY - BOOK N2 - This book traces the Caribbean from its pre-Columbian state through European contact and colonialism to the rise of US hegemony and the economic turbulence of the twenty-first century. This volume begins with a discussion of the region's diverse geography and challenging ecology and features an in-depth look at the transatlantic slave trade. AB - This book traces the Caribbean from its pre-Columbian state through European contact and colonialism to the rise of US hegemony and the economic turbulence of the twenty-first century. This volume begins with a discussion of the region's diverse geography and challenging ecology and features an in-depth look at the transatlantic slave trade. T1 - The Caribbean :a history of the region and its peoples / DA - 2011. CY - Chicago ; CY - London : AU - PalmiƩ, Stephan. AU - Scarano, Francisco A. CN - F2175 CN - F2175 PB - The University of Chicago Press, PP - Chicago ; PP - London : PY - 2011. ID - 434112 SN - 9780226645063 (alk. paper) SN - 0226645061 (alk. paper) SN - 9780226645087 (pbk. : alk. paper) SN - 0226645088 (pbk. : alk. paper) TI - The Caribbean :a history of the region and its peoples / ER -