A from the Arawak and the Carib to the present Rogoziânski, Jan. creator text bibliography nyu New York Meridian 1994 monographic eng

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xi, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 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. Jan Rogoziânski. Originally published: New York : Facts on File, c1992. "A Plume book." Includes bibliographical references and index. nw----- West Indies History 200 F 1621 R735b 1994 972.91 15.85 0452011345 94015039 DLC 060907 20230410103627.0 5809