New Societies: The Caribbean in the Long Sixteenth Century

By Pieter C. Emmer

Book Overview

Volume 2 of the General History of the Caribbeancovers the evolution of Caribbean societies between 1492 and 1650 through the intrusion of Europeans and Africans. This volume examines the early mining and planting in Espaniola, privateers and contraband traders, plantation societies, extinction of indigenous populations, and the beginning of the slave trade.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403975906
• ISBN13: 9781403975904
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"