Lesser Antilles in the Age of European Expansion
Lesser Antilles in the Age of European Expansion
About this book
"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.
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- OL Work ID
- OL21259740W
Subjects
Antilles, lesserIndians of the west indiesSlavery, west indiesSlaveryHistoryCongresses