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050 1 4 _aF2175
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100 1 _aGibson, Carrie,
_d1976-
245 1 0 _aEmpire's crossroads :
_ba history of the Caribbean from Columbus to the present day /
_cCarrie Gibson.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bAtlantic Monthly Press,
_c[2014]
264 4 _c©2014.
300 _axxviii, 447 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (some color), maps, portraits, facsimile, photographs ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
500 _a"First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan"--Title-page verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [369]-420) and index.
505 0 _aA passage to the Indies -- Steeping stones to the New World -- Pirates and Protestants -- Sugar -- The rise of slavery -- A world at war -- Haiti, or, The beginning of the end -- Cuba and the contradictions of freedom -- Banana wars and global battles -- The road to independence -- The Cold War in the tropics -- Island life -- Import/export -- Invented paradise -- Timeline : key events in the Caribbean -- Gazetteer : The Caribbean (and surroundings).
520 _aTraces the story of the coveted area from the northern rim of South America up to Cuba, exploring its history from the arrival of Columbus through colonialism to the present, offering a panoramic view of this complex region.
650 7 _aSocial history.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01122498.
651 0 _aCaribbean Area
_xHistory.
651 0 _aCaribbean Area
_xSocial conditions.
655 7 _aHistory.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01411628.
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