Caribbean historical processes Continental Caribbean during independence processes 205 until the final battles which put an end to European domination over territories that countries such as Venezuela, Colombia or Mexico occupy today. Its study should be done in a comparative or connected way to understand the
A historian of Latin America and the Caribbean who specializes in the study of comparative slavery and race relations, Professor de la Fuente’s works on race, slavery, law, art, and Atlantic history have been published in Spanish, English, Portuguese...
The study of the Caribbean today might be more relevant than ever as it reveals the limits of US power and the limits that liberation can take when crafted in opposition to US power. Like Haiti, Cuba’s historic precedent forced a global reconsideration and questioning of everything that the world’s elites once took for granted.
speaking parts of the Caribbean. The personal study and life experience of the course coordinator also imposes certain biases, particularly towards examples dealing with the Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean, revolutionary movements, and the social and cultural history of Trinidad & Tobago. Students should see this as an invitation to
2019. Its transnational approach allows addressing issues about the shaping of the Atlantic World since 1492, all of them clearly contemporary: the definition of the Caribbean as a space for cultural, economic and social interactions, slavery, the creation of the concept of race, racism, the policies of the great empires and their struggles to dominate the region, local resistance, the ...
A Concise History of the Caribbean offers a comprehensive interpretation of the history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement to the present. ... A Concise History of the Caribbean is a rare book – an important study for all students of the Caribbean, but with a resonance that goes well beyond the Caribbean itself ...
The history of the Caribbean is a rich and complex narrative that spans thousands of years, encompassing indigenous civilizations, European colonization, the transatlantic slave trade, sugar plantations, revolutionary movements, and the creation of modern independent nations.This region, consisting of the islands of the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, and Bahamas, has been shaped by diverse ...
For anyone teaching or trying to understand world history, the study of the Caribbean is essential. There really was no more important part of the globe in the early-modern world economy than the Caribbean. In 1763, for example, England considered ceding its control over Canada to France in exchange for keeping just one island, Guadeloupe.
The Dutch Caribbean refers to countries like Aruba and Curacao. Suriname is also a major Dutch territory in the region, but like Guyana, it is located in South America. The early Dutch colonisers in the Caribbean during the 17th century were more interested in trade and created commercial bases to trade with other European settlers in the region.
Abstract . 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 ...
INTRODUCTION TO CARIBBEAN HISTORY LAH 3470, Section 16219, ~ Spring 2019 ~ Prof. David Geggus office hours: M 4pm-6pm MWF 6 (12.50-1.40pm) or by appointment Flint 119 Grinter 333 E-mail: dgeggus@ufl.edu tel. 392 6543 (w) This course introduces students to some of the main issues and debates in Caribbean history from ...
This Library guide will offer a starting point for those wishing to study the history and culture of the many and varied nations and territories that populate the Caribbean region. Country Reports and Name Index. ... The history of the British Caribbean is explored in this exhibition through government documents, photographs and maps dating ...
Caribbean South America is a region made up of Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and French Guiana. Colombia and Venezuela both have coastlines on the Caribbean Sea and a history of Spanish colonization.
Surprisingly, the study finds they survived considerably longer in the ancient Caribbean. “Much like their counterparts on land, apex predators on islands are crucial for preserving ecological balance among native and endemic species,” says Dr. Velez-Juarbe “Throughout Earth’s history, crocodiles and their extinct relatives have filled ...
Studying the first settlers of the insular Caribbean is vital to decolonizing the history of the region. Dr. Yadira Chinique de Armas Analyzing 44 teeth from an ancient burial ground in present-day Cuba, the team discovered evidence suggesting the earliest known populations of the Caribbean’s Antilles region were sedentary, not nomadic as ...
