A brief history of the Caribbean : from the Arawak and the Carib to the present /
Jan Rogoziânski.
- New York : Meridian, 1994.
- xi, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Originally published: New York : Facts on File, c1992. "A Plume book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The enduring environment and the first islanders -- Discovery of the islands -- Pirates fight for Spanish gold -- Spain's Caribbean colonies -- The Dutch empire -- Settlement of the Lesser Antilles -- The buccaneers of Jamaica, Saint-Domingue, and the Bahamas -- War and piracy, 1665-1720 -- Sugar rules the islands -- The world of the slaves -- England and France struggle to control the islands -- Runaways and rebels -- The British colonies -- The Spanish islands fight for freedom -- Hispaniola and the Leeward Islands -- The United States and the independent nations -- The islands regain political independence -- The Commonwealth Caribbean since independence.