The Caribbean

by Gad Heuman

Book Overview

Columbus "discovered" the Caribbean, not North America, and it was in the Caribbean that Amerindians first felt the effects of European steel, gunpowder, and (deadlier by far) microbes. The region became a pawn in the European struggle for empire and, later, a significant player in the developing Atlantic economy. Its economic importance rested on a substructure of African slavery, which provided labor for the numerous plantations across the region...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340763639
• ISBN13: 9780340763636
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 5.4"