A Concise History of the Caribbean presents a general History of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand years ago to the present.
It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonization, the development of slavery and the slave trade, the extraordinary profits earned by the plantation economy, the great revolution in Haiti, movements toward political independence, the Cuban Revolution, and the diaspora of Car.
A Concise History of the Caribbean presents a general History of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand years ago to the present