General History of the Caribbean Volume V: The Caribbean in the Twen
Volume 5 provides an account and interpretation of the historical development of the region from around 1930 to the end of the twentieth century. Its wide ranging study of the economic, political, religious, social and cultural history of this period brin
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General History of the Caribbean Titles in the series Volume I Autochthonous Societies Volume II
New Societies: The Caribbean in the 'Long' Sixteenth Century Volume III
The Slave Societies of the Caribbean
Volume IV The Long Nineteenth Century: Nineteenth-Century Transformations Volume V The Caribbean in the Twentieth Century Volume VI
Methodology and Historiography of the Caribbean
General History
of the Caribbean Volume V The Caribbean in the Twentieth Century
Editor: Bridget Brereton Co-editors: Teresita Martinez- Vergne) Rene A. Romer and Blanca G. Silvestrini
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UNESCO Publishing
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CONTENTS
Preface Federico Mayor, Former Director-General of UNESCO . Description of the Project
Professor Sir Roy Augier
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List of Contributors .
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Members of the International Scientific Commitee for the Drafting of the General History of the Caribbean
xvi
Abbreviations .
. xvii
Maps and Charts
. xxiii
Tables
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Plates
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Acknowledgements The Caribbean in the Twentieth Century . Introduction 1 2
3 4 5
6 7 8
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Bridget Brereton .
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The economic development of the Caribbean from 1880 to 1930 Roberto Cassa .
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The Caribbean in the 1930s Franklin W Kni
