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The Caribbean

Stephan Palmié and Francisco A. Scarano

This book traces the Caribbean from its pre-Columbian state through European contact and colonialism to the rise of U.S. hegemony and the economic turbulence of the twenty-first century. It begins with a discussion of the region's diverse geography and challenging ecology and features an in-depth look at the transatlantic slave trade.

GenresCaribbean AreaHistory

660 pages

English edition · First published 2011 by The University of Chicago Press · ISBN 9780226645087

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