General History of the Caribbean UNESCO Vol 2: Volume II: New societies: The Caribbean in the long sixteenth century

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Introduction: The Creation of a new Caribbean society, 1492–1650 (Horst Pietschmann)....Pages 1-28 The Caribbean environment and early settlement (David Watts)....Pages 29-42 The initial linkage with America: a general framework (Ruggiero Romano)....Pages 43-61 The establishment of primary centres and primary plantations (Frank Moya Pons)....Pages 62-78 Spanish expansion in America, 1492 to c. 1580 (Horst Pietschmann)....Pages 79-113 French, English and Dutch in the Lesser Antilles: from privateering to planting, c. 1550–c. 1650 (Anne Pérotin-Dumon)....Pages 114-158 Forced African settlement. The basis of forced settlement: Africa and its trading conditions (Enriqueta Vilá Vilar, Wim Klooster)....Pages 159-179 Native society and the European occupation of the Caribbean islands and coastal Tierra Firme, 1492–1650 (Neil L. Whitehead)....Pages 180-200 The city in the Hispanic Caribbean, 1492–1650 (Alfredo Castillero-Calvo)....Pages 201-246 Intellectual, artistic and ideological aspects of cultures in the New World (Gustavo Martin-Fragachan)....Pages 247-307 The cartography of the Caribbean, 1500–1650 (David Buisseret)....Pages 308-318 Back Matter ....Pages 319-344