TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rogoziânski,Jan
TI  - A brief history of the Caribbean: from the Arawak and the Carib to the present 
SN  - 0452011345
AV  - 200 F 1621 R735b 1994
U1  - 972.91 20
PY  - 1994///
CY  - New York
PB  - Meridian
KW  - West Indies
KW  - History
N1  - 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
ER  -