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A Concise History of the Caribbean offers a comprehensive interpretation of the history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonisation, the development of slavery and the slave trade, the extraordinary profits earned by the plantation economy, the great revolution in Haiti, movements towards political independence, the Cuban Revolution, and the diaspora of Caribbean people. In this second edition, Higman covers the…
One of the most comprehensive histories of the Caribbean now updated to cover developments up to 2020
Emphasis on climate change provides important information about earthquakes, hurricanes, resource ecologies, and the environmental characteristics of the Caribbean as an island-group
Enables readers to appreciate the role of insularity and exposure to natural hazards in the geopolitical and economic history of the region
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Author
B. W. Higman,Australian National University, Canberra
B. W. Higman is Professor Emeritus at the Australian National University and Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies, where he studied and taught for thirty years. His numerous books include Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica 1807-1834 (1977), which was awarded the Bancroft Prize.