In this new edition of his crucial introduction to Caribbean history, Gad Heuman provides a comprehensive overview of the region's history, from its earliest inhabitants to contemporary political and cultural developments. Topics covered include:
- The Amerindians
- Sugary and Slavery
- Race, Racism and Equality
- The Aftermath of Emancipation
- The Revolutionary Caribbean
- Cultures of the Caribbean
- Contemporary Themes
This third edition has been updated to reflect the latest developments in the literature, and takes into account important recent events including the rapprochement between the U.S. and Cuba, the ongoing problem of climate change and the threat of the Zika virus. The companion website, which includes chapter questions, a primary documents bibliography, a timeline and link to relevant websites, has also been updated with new material. The book considers not only the political and social struggles that have shaped the Caribbean, but also provides a sense of the development of the region's culture. The Caribbean: A Brief History is ideal for all students seeking a clear and readable introduction to Caribbean history.
Companion Website: https://www.bloomsbury.com/cw/the-caribbean/
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4
THE
CARIBBEAN
Moreover,
they
spoke
languages
based
on
a
single
language
family
known
as
Arawakan.
The
now-dated
description
of
these
people
as
Arawak
comes
from
the
confusion
of
using
their
language
to
name
the
people.
The
most
developed
of
these
societies
emerged
after
about
AD
600
in
Hispaniola
and
Puerto
Rico.
They
called
themselves
Tainos
and
used
that
name
to
describe
themselves
to
Columbus
and
those
that
followed
him.
We
therefore
use
the
term
Taino
to
describe
the
people
who
predominated
in
the
Greater
Antilles.
For
the
Amerindians
themselves,
Taino
meant
good
or
noble.
From
about
AD
1100
onwards,
the
Tainos
in
the
more
densely
populated
islands
moved
away
from
societies
organized
along
tribal
lines
to
societies
characterized
by
chiefdoms
or
cacicazgos
.
The
leaders
of
these
societies
were
known
as
chiefs
or
caciques
.
One
of
the
leading
specialists
on
the
Amerindians,
Jalil
Sued-Badillo,
suggests
that
there
was
a
direct
relationship
between
population
size
and
social
complexity.
This
meant
that
in
densely
populated
islands
such
as
FIGURE
1.2
Taino
religious
object,
1200–1492
AD.
Source:
National
Museum
of
the
American
Indian,
Smithsonian
Institution
(5/3753).
Photo
by
David
Heald.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Preface to the third edition
- Original preface
- Chapter 1: The Amerindians and European patterns of settlement
- Chapter 2: Sugar and slavery
- Chapter 3: Slavery, work and the slaves’ economy
- Chapter 4: Neither black nor white
- Chapter 5: The world the planters made
- Chapter 6: Slave resistance: Africans, Maroons and women
- Chapter 7: The Haitian Revolution
- Chapter 8: The abolition debates
- Chapter 9: Race, racism and equality
- Chapter 10: From slavery to freedom
- Chapter 11: Riots and resistance in the aftermath of emancipation
- Chapter 12: Black cultural nationalism in the Caribbean
- Chapter 13: The American century
- Chapter 14: Labour protests and the 1930s
- Chapter 15: The revolutionary Caribbean
- Chapter 16: Decolonization and independence in the Caribbean
- Chapter 17: Contemporary themes in the Hispanic and the wider Caribbean
- Chapter 18: The cultures of the Caribbean
- Notes
- Suggestions for further reading
- Index
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