Liberties Lost

The Indigenous Caribbean and Slave Systems

von Verene A. Shepherd, Hilary McD. Beckles

248 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Written by two of the Caribbean's leading historians, Liberties Lost is an essential book for students engaged in following courses on the history of the Caribbean. It will also be of interest to general readers seeking information on the history of the region. Starting with indigenous societies, Liberties Lost covers Europe's Caribbean project, European settlement and rivalry, the Transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans; sugar and slavery; African culture and community life; revolt and resistance and, finally, Caribbean emancipation.

• Reihe: Cambridge University Press
• ISBN: 9780521435444
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18.11.2004
• Größe: 272 x 216 mm
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press