cam a22 4 4500 357370570 CHVBK 20200629082519.0 160226s2014 nyu 00 eng|d 978-0-8021-2614-6 0-8021-2614-6 978-0-8021-9235-6 (IDSBB)006384689 (IDSLU)001191007 (OCoLC)871211451 YDXCP SzZuIDS BS/BE A100 kids F2175 .G52 2014 900 15 972.9 23 Gibson Carrie Empire's crossroads a history of the Caribbean from Columbus to the present day Carrie Gibson New York Atlantic Monthly Press 2014 447 p. ill. "First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan"--Title page verso Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-376) and index Traces 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 In October 1492, an Italian-born, Spanish-funded navigator discovered a new world, thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean. In Empire's Crossroads, Carrie Gibson, unfolds the story of the Caribbean, from Columbus's first landing on the island he named San Salvador to today's islands-- largely independent, but often still in thrall to Europe and America's insatiable desire for tropical luxuries. From the early years of settlement to the age of sugar and slavery, during which vast riches were generated for Europeans through the enforced labour of millions of enslaved Africans, to the great slave rebellions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and the long, slow progress towards independence in the modern era, Gibson offers a vivid, panoramic view of this complex and contradictory region. From Cuba to Haiti, from Jamaica to Trinidad, the story of the Caribbean is not simply the story of slaves and masters, but of fortune-seekers, tourists, scientists and pirates. It is not only a story of imperial expansion-- European and American-- but also of life as it is lived in the islands, both in the past and today Geschichte 1492-2013 gnd Westindien (DE-588)4079228-6 gnd Caribbean Area Social conditions History fast u LB 24640 idslu LR u MI 80030 idslu LR BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 ng SzZuIDS BS/BE 250 IDS LU IDSLU LUUHL LUUHL UHFRE LB 24640 2014 IDSBB A100 A100 100FM UBH eh 76478 NELA1001507 IDSBB 100 1- Gibson Carrie IDSLU 100 1- Gibson Carrie IDSBB DSV51 DSV01 A100 http://www.ub.unibas.ch/tox/IDSLUZ/001191007/PDF pdf VIEW Inhaltsverzeichnis IDSLU ILU50 ILU01 LUZHB https://www.ub.unibas.ch/tox/IDSLUZ/001191007/PDF pdf VIEW Inhaltsverzeichnis SWISSBIB 334384036