The Torrid Zone: Caribbean Colonization and Cultural Interaction in the Long Seventeenth Century

The first comparative treatment of settlers' trading, pirating, and colonizing activities in the Caribbean

Brimming with new perspectives and cutting-edge research, the essays collected in The Torrid Zone explore colonization and cultural interaction in the Caribbean from the late 1600s to the early 1800s--a period known as the "long" seventeenth century--a time when these encounters varied widely and the diverse actors were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611178908
• ISBN13: 9781611178906
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"