The Lesser Antilles in the Age of European Expansion
Author: Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History Robert L Paquette
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9780813014289
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Outgrowth of papers presented at conference marking Columbus' quincentennial and centering around new societies formed as a result of culture contact. Essays focus on precolumbian peoples of the Lesser Antilles and their earliest encounters with Europeans; imperial rivalries and wars and their impact on settlement patterns; and local societies, slavery, trade, and abolition. Highly useful"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.