Caribbean in the Wider World, 1492-1992 - A Regional Geography

Klappentext This book is a major new textbook survey that explains how the region's present geography is intimately tied to the past. Professor Richardson examines this colonization and recolonization of the Caribbean during the past half millennium! portraying a region victimized by natural hazard! soil erosion! introduced overpopulation! and gunboat diplomacy. Zusammenfassung From aboriginal ecologies to today's narcotic traffic! this major textbook! first published in 1992! comprehensively surveys five hundred years of Caribbean history and geography. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. The creation of the Caribbean; 2. A colonised environment; 3. Plantations and their peoples to 1900; 4. The American century; 5. Economic dependency; 6. Human migrations; 7. Resistance and political independence; 8. Towards a geography of Caribbean nationhood; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Bonham C. Richardson, Bonham C. (Virginia Polytechnic Instit Richardson, Richardson Bonham C.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.01.1992
• EAN: 9780521359771
• ISBN: 978-0-521-35977-1
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Geography of the World-Economy; Geography of the World-Economy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, c 1500 onwards to present day, Regional Geography, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Caribbean Sea