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Author Reid, Basil A., 1961-

Title Myths and realities of Caribbean history [electronic resource] / Basil A. Reid.

Imprint Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.

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Description xiv, 154 p. : ill., maps.
Series Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-150) and index.
Contents Myth 1. Caribbean history started with the arrival of Christoper Columbus in 1492 -- Myth 2. The Arawaks and Caribs were the two major groups in the precolonial Caribbean -- Myth 3. Columbus met Arawaks in the northern Caribbean -- Myth 4. The natives encountered by Christopher Columbus in the northern Caribbean migrated from South America -- Myth 5. The Arawaks were the first potters and farmers to have settled in the Caribbean -- Myth 6. The Ciboneys lived in western Cuba at the time of Spanish contact -- Myth 7. The Island-Caribs were cannnibals -- Myth 8. All the Amerindians migrating from South America to the Caribbean island-hopped from the continent to the Lesser and Greater Antilles -- Myth 9. The Spanish introduced syphilis into the Caribbean and the new world -- Myth 10. Christopher Columbus wrote the version of his "Diario" (diary) that we use today -- Myth 11. The Spanish colonists brought "civilization" to native societies in the Caribbean.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Caribbean Area -- History -- Errors, inventions, etc.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780817355340 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0817355340 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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