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THE WEST INDIES
PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT, CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE SINCE 1492 |
| By: |
David Watts, Alan R. H. Baker, Richard Dennis |
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Paperback |
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£44.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521386519 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521386517 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
22 March, 1990 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography 8 |
| Pages: |
640 |
| Description: |
This reference volume on the Caribbean contains historical and geographical information from 1492 to the present, and contains a bibliography and a set of maps and tables. Much of the book covers the history of sugar cultivation in the region. |
| Synopsis: |
This magisterial survey of the historical geography of the West Indies is at bottom concerned with the causes and consequences of three complex and inter-related phenomena: the rapid and total removal of a large aboriginal population; the development of plantation agriculture and the arrival of enforced labour, in the form of many thousands of African slaves; and the environmental, ecological and cultural changes that resulted. Dr Watts shows how the initial European vision of a land of plenty has been replaced by an awareness of the geographic and ecological fragiliaty of the area, and explains how the exploitative agricultural systems of the colonial and recent West Indies have not adjusted to the demands of the environment. An enormous array of historical, biological and literary sources are marshalled in support of Dr Watts' analysis, which is likely to remain the standard work on the subject for many years to come. |
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15 half-tones, 65 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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