The Caribbean in the Wider World, 1492–1992: A Regional Geography
Bonham C. Richardson
The Caribbean was Europe's first colony, its landscapes transformed to produce tropical staples and its decimated aboriginal populace replaced with African slaves. As European power has waned in the Caribbean, it has been replaced by the geopolitical domination of the United States. Professor Richardson examines this colonization and recolonization of the Caribbean during the past half millennium, portraying a region victimized by natural hazards, soil erosion, overpopulation and gunboat diplomacy. Most importantly, he explains the ways in which Caribbean peoples have reacted and adapted to their external influences. No other single survey of the region provides equivalent breadth--ranging from aboriginal ecologies to today's narcotic traffic--or harnesses so effectively elements of the past to illuminate the present.
카테고리:
년:
1992
출판사:
Cambridge University Press
언어:
english
페이지:
250
ISBN 10:
0521359775
ISBN 13:
9780521359771
시리즈:
Geography of the World-Economy
파일:
PDF, 4.00 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1992