Empire's crossroads : a history of the Caribbean from Columbus to the present day / Carrie Gibson.
2014
F2175 .G53 2014 (Mapit)
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Empire's crossroads : a history of the Caribbean from Columbus to the present day / Carrie Gibson.
ISBN
9780802126146 (hardcover)
0802126146 (hardcover)
0802126146 (hardcover)
Published
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2014.
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
xxviii, 447 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Call Number
F2175 .G53 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
972.9
Summary
Traces the story of the coveted area from the northern rim of South America up to Cuba, exploring its history from the arrival of Columbus through colonialism to the present, offering a panoramic view of this complex region.
In October 1492, an Italian-born, Spanish-funded navigator discovered a new world, thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean. In Empire's Crossroads, Carrie Gibson, unfolds the story of the Caribbean, from Columbus's first landing on the island he named San Salvador to today's islands-- largely independent, but often still in thrall to Europe and America's insatiable desire for tropical luxuries. From the early years of settlement to the age of sugar and slavery, during which vast riches were generated for Europeans through the enforced labour of millions of enslaved Africans, to the great slave rebellions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the long, slow progress towards independence in the modern era, Gibson offers a vivid, panoramic view of this complex and contradictory region. From Cuba to Haiti, from Jamaica to Trinidad, the story of the Caribbean is not simply the story of slaves and masters, but of fortune-seekers, tourists, scientists and pirates. It is not only a story of imperial expansion-- European and American-- but also of life as it is lived in the islands, both in the past and today.
In October 1492, an Italian-born, Spanish-funded navigator discovered a new world, thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean. In Empire's Crossroads, Carrie Gibson, unfolds the story of the Caribbean, from Columbus's first landing on the island he named San Salvador to today's islands-- largely independent, but often still in thrall to Europe and America's insatiable desire for tropical luxuries. From the early years of settlement to the age of sugar and slavery, during which vast riches were generated for Europeans through the enforced labour of millions of enslaved Africans, to the great slave rebellions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the long, slow progress towards independence in the modern era, Gibson offers a vivid, panoramic view of this complex and contradictory region. From Cuba to Haiti, from Jamaica to Trinidad, the story of the Caribbean is not simply the story of slaves and masters, but of fortune-seekers, tourists, scientists and pirates. It is not only a story of imperial expansion-- European and American-- but also of life as it is lived in the islands, both in the past and today.
Note
"First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-420) and index.
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Table of Contents
A passage to the Indies
Stepping stones to the New World
Pirates and Protestants
Sugar
The rise of slavery
A world at war
Haiti, or, The beginning of the end
Cuba and the contradictions of freedom
Banana wars and global battles
The road to independence
The Cold War in the tropics
Island life
Import/export
Invented paradise.
Stepping stones to the New World
Pirates and Protestants
Sugar
The rise of slavery
A world at war
Haiti, or, The beginning of the end
Cuba and the contradictions of freedom
Banana wars and global battles
The road to independence
The Cold War in the tropics
Island life
Import/export
Invented paradise.