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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 972.9 EAN: 9780394715025 Edition: 1st Vintage Books Ed ISBN: 0394715020 Label: Vintage Manufacturer: Vintage Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 608 Publication Date: April 12, 1984 Publisher: Vintage Release Date: April 12, 1984 Studio: Vintage Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Great story -difficult to readThe story of how Europeans "discovered" the Caribbean, and how they governed it, is a fascinating tale of adventure, greed and cruelty. Unfortunately, this book tells it in an style that is pedantic and often uses archaic terms. Here is a typical sentence. Whatever the cogitations of Parliament on these nuances of international trade in the eighteenth century, it laid it down decisively, according to an American merchant, in the omnicompetence lauded by Blackstone, "as a fundamental ... Read More Rating:  - Truth and Closure.....A Must Read for Everyone!!!!!!!I can not put into words what this journal of the truth has done for me as a African-American Male living in the United States of America. I was introduced to this book by a man of Guyanese decent who knew I needed to read this book. I have to admit it was a difficult read because my primary education only spoke of American History and there was no mentioning of any African-Caribbean contributors from the "Middle Passage" period. Now, at thirty-nine many things are clearer to me. "Roots" and "Beloved" are ... Read More Rating: - Very informative and full of factsA handy and indepth guide to the history and economy of the Caribbean from 1492 to 1960s. He provides ample numerical data to illustrate the period. There is also, an extensive bibliography and a fine index. 
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