Download or read book General History of the Caribbean UNESCO Volume 5 written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 5 provides an account and interpretation of the historical development of the region from around 1930 to the end of the twentieth century. Its wide ranging study of the economic, political, religious, social and cultural history of this period brings the series to the authorial present. Highlights include the 'turbulent thirties;' decolonization; the 'turn to the left' made in the 1970s by anglophone Caribbean countries; the Castro Revolution; and changes in social and demographic structures, including ethnicity and race consciousness and the role and status of women.
Download or read book General History of the Caribbean UNESCO Vol 2 written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of the General History of the Caribbeancovers the evolution of Caribbean societies between 1492 and 1650 through the intrusion of Europeans and Africans. This volume examines the early mining and planting in Espaniola, privateers and contraband traders, plantation societies, extinction of indigenous populations, and the beginning of the slave trade.
Download or read book General History of the Caribbean UNESCO Volume 6 written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume6 looks at the ways historians have written the history of the region depending upon their methods of interpretation and differing styles of communicating their findings. The authors examine how the lingual diversity of the region has affected the historian's ability to coalesce an historical account. The second half of the volume describes the writing of history in the individual territories, taking into account changes in society, economy and political structure. This volume concludes with a detailed bibliography that is comprehensive of the entire series.
Download or read book General History of the Caribbean UNESCO written by J. Sued-Badillo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1 of the General History of the Caribbean relates to the history of the origins of the earliest Caribbean people, and analyses their various political, social, cultural and economic organizations over time. This volume investigates the movement of Paleoindians into the islands, and looks at the agricultural societies which developed. It then explores the indigenous societies at the time of the Spanish Conquest, the hierarchy of the chiefdoms, and the development of slavery.
Download or read book UNESCO General History of the Caribbean written by Peter Emmer and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General History of the Caribbean written by Brereton, Bridget and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2004-12-31 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major objective of this publication is to provide an account and interpretation of the historical development of the region from around 1930 to the end of the century. Within its compass are the "turbulent thirties", including the Cuban Revolution of 1933 and the labour protests in the British Caribbean of 1934; the strategic position occupied by the region during the Second World War; the development of proletarian movements and trade unions and their links with political parties; decolonization; political evolution in the French and Dutch Caribbean, and the "turn to the left" made in the 1970s by a number of Anglophone Caribbean countries, notably Grenada. Also examined are the Castro Revolution and its aftermath to the 1990s; ethnicity and race consciousness and their effects in uniting or dividing communities and nations; international relations and regional co-operation; changes in social and demographic structures (including the role and status of women); education, migration and urbanization; and the beliefs and cultural experiences which underpin Caribbean identity. The final chapter provides an overall survey of changes in the quality of life in the Caribbean during the twentieth century.
Download or read book General History of the Caribbean written by Sued-Badillo, Jalil and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2003-12-31 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first in a six-volume publication which examines the history of the Caribbean, its people and landscape on a thematic basis. This volume covers the history of the origins of the earliest Caribbean peoples and analyses their various political, social, cultural and economic organisations over time, in and around the region. Topics covered include: ethnohistorical research; biogeographic teleconnections; the Palaeoindians in Cuba and surrounding regions; agricultural societies; indigenous societies at the time of the Spanish Conquest; the hierarchy of chiefdoms; and the development of slavery.
Download or read book General History of the Caribbean written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General History of the Caribbean written by Higman, B.W. and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 1905-06-21 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume looks at the ways historians have written the history of the region, depending upon their methods of interpretation and differing styles of communicating their findings. The chapters discussing methodology are followed by studies of particular themes of historiography. The second half of the volume describes the writing of history in the individual territories, taking into account changes in society, economy and political structure. The final section is a full and detailed bibliography serving not only as a guide to the volume but also as an invaluable reference for the General History of the Caribbcan as a whole.
Download or read book The Caribbean in the Twentieth Century written by Bridget Brereton and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General History of the Caribbean UNESCO written by Jalil Sued-Badillo and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 3400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most comprehensive history of the Caribbean ever published. The six volumes make essential reading for all concerned with Caribbean studies. The books are being compiled by teams of historians under the guidance of the International Advisory Scientific Committee of UNESCO. They integrate the historical experience of Caribbean society from the earliest times to the present day. Each volume is organised thematically in order to focus on the societies, cultures and activities of the Caribbean people throughout their troubled history.
Download or read book General History of the Caribbean written by Carrera Damas, Germán and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 1999-12-31 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume studies the initial linkage with America, the establishment of primary centres and plantations, the beginnings of colonial settlement and the forced African population component. Attention is also given to the historical course of autochtonous societies, houses, cities, fortresses and civil works, and to the intellectual, artistic and ideological culture. The volume includes maps and an extensive list of sources.
Download or read book General History of the Caribbean UNESCO Vol 4 written by Jalil Sued-Badillo and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emphasizing themes rather than chronology, this volume covers the period from the end of slavery to the twentieth century. Its major themes are dependent labor groups, especially emigrants from Asia, the development and diversification of local economies, and the emergence throughout the region of varying degrees of national consciousnessand forms of government.
Download or read book Autochthonous Societies written by Jalil Sued-Badillo and published by MacMillan Caribbean. This book was released on 2003 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An academic study of the history of the Caribbean.
Download or read book General History of the Carribean UNESCO Vol 3 written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 3 looks at various aspects of slave societies in the region from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Throughout the tortuous history of the Caribbean, nothing exceeded in fundamental importance the twin experiences of slavery and the plantation system, the defining episodes of Caribbean social reality. Topics addressed include: European 'settler colonies,' the sugar revolutions, forms of resistance, the influence of creolization and religious beliefs, and the place of the Maroon communities. Knight also examines the internal and external forces that led to the eventual collapse of the Caribbean slave system.
Download or read book General History of the Caribbean New societies the Caribbeanin the long sixteenth century written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General History of the Caribbean Methodology and historiography of the Caribbean written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
