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Author :Sampson Jerry Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781530058419 Total Pages :118 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (584 download)
Book Synopsis History of St. Lucia, Caribbean Island, History of an Era by : Sampson Jerry
Download or read book History of St. Lucia, Caribbean Island, History of an Era written by Sampson Jerry and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Lucia is the second largest island of the British Lesser Antilles. Located roughly in the center of the Windward island chain, it is nestled between Martinique to the north and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the south. Castries, the capital city, is situated on the northwest coast and known for its magnificent harbor. St. Lucia, said to be named for the patron saint of the day on which it was discovered. The entire history of this Island and its people are given in this book titled History of St Lucia
Book Synopsis A History of St Lucia by : Jolien Harmsen
Download or read book A History of St Lucia written by Jolien Harmsen and published by Robert & Christopher Publishers. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A History of St Lucia is the first-ever detailed and comprehensive record of St Lucia's turbulent past. Beginning with the island's geological formation and subsequent Amerindian occupation, this book takes one through colonization by France and England to the rise and fall of the sugar industry, the tribulations of slavery, the feverish hopes and fears of the Brigand Wars and, eventually, Emancipation. After 1838, St Lucia's newly freed people went in search of independence, dignity and respectability: an era marked by the immigration of indentured workers from Barbados, Africa and India, the rise of a peasantry, and a labouring class in search of new horizons. The arduous battle with 'Mr Hard Times' formed fertile soil for a hard-fought coming of age in the 20th century when unions and political parties developed amidst the turmoil of two World Wars and a city's Death by Fire. Forcing King Sugar to his knees paved the way to a new St Lucia, built on the 'green gold' of the banana industry- an era which in many ways came to an end in 2007 with the passing of the architect of independence, Sir John Compton"--Back cover.
Book Synopsis History and Language in St Lucia 1654-1915 by : Dr Morgan Dalphinis
Download or read book History and Language in St Lucia 1654-1915 written by Dr Morgan Dalphinis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sons and daughters of St Lucia are likely to love Morgan Dalphinis' clear and readable account of the island's linguistic history. His soaring overview highlights significant points of interconnection in the web of language, culture and identity as the peoples of the island confronted successive waves of change and shaped their destinies. Consequently, St Lucian History & Language not only acknowledges influences pre 1654, but in light of identified developments between that date and 1915 Dalphinis asks us some provocative questions about the direction of travel for both the language and people beyond the early decades of the twenty-first century.
Download or read book St. Lucia written by Henry Hegart Breen and published by Biblio Distribution Centre. This book was released on 1970 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shattered Dreams written by Peter Josie and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An often thrilling first-hand account of island politics in the era after independence. The St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) comes to power after 15 yeards in the wilderness and hardly settles into office before it is rent asunder by internal bickering over its leadership. In less than three years, the party is out of office again and both it and its main characters are fighting for their respective political lives. SHATTERED DREAMS is the story of the ups and downs of political activism and the personalities and events that shaped the emergence of the Caribbean island, for whose possession the English and French fought some of the bloodiest in this hemisphere in the 18th century. In SHATTERED DREAMS, Josie attempts to show how the rise to power in sister island Grenada of the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG) under Marxist Maurice Bishop in 1979 influenced super power involvement in the affairs of the Caribbean islands and could have contributed handsomely to the demise of both the SLP in the St Lucia and the PRG in Grenada.
Author :Sampson Jerry Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781530001965 Total Pages :504 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (19 download)
Book Synopsis Caribbean Islands History, History of British Virgin Islands by : Sampson Jerry
Download or read book Caribbean Islands History, History of British Virgin Islands written by Sampson Jerry and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entire history and culture of Caribbean Island people, and immigration of Caribbean Islands People, The commonwealth Caribbean islands have a distinctive history. Permanently influenced by the experiences of colonialism and slavery, the Caribbean has produced a collection of societies that are markedly different in population composition from those in any other region of the world. Lying on the sparsely settled periphery of an irregularly populated continent, the region was "discovered" by Christopher Columbus in 1492. Thereafter, it became the springboard for the European invasion and domination of the Americas, a transformation that historian D. W. Meinig has aptly described as the "radical reshaping of America...
Book Synopsis The Struggle for Survival: : An Historical, Political, and Socioeconomic Perspective of St. Lucia by : Anderson Reynolds
Download or read book The Struggle for Survival: : An Historical, Political, and Socioeconomic Perspective of St. Lucia written by Anderson Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Struggle For Survival eloquently retells the story of the tragic 1993 banana strike that culminated in the shooting death of two farmers. However, by going beyond the tragedy and delving into the island's history, farmers' struggles against droughts, hurricanes, falling prices, corrupt institutions, and multinational corporations are seen as a microcosm of the struggles of a people against slavery, colonialism, imperialism, and natural calamities. As such, The Struggle For Survival is nothing less than a story about the birth of a nation, and, by portrayal, the birth of West Indian Civilization. The Struggle For Survival is history that reads like a novel. The book is a multilayered and dynamic narrative of the history, politics, culture, and economics of St. Lucia. With just one glance through history, the book captures the essence of St. Lucian society. In this third edition, The Struggle for Survival presents yet another gem. It includes a chapter on the golden era of St. Lucian art and culture, amply called the St. Lucia Renaissance, that gave rise to such artistic and literary giants as Derek Walcott, Dunstan St. Omer, Garth St. Omer, Roderick Walcott, and Charles Cadet, who, arguably, have remained unmatched in St. Lucia in their respective fields of artistic endeavor. "The Struggle for Survival is a thoroughly researched and well documented economic history of the banana industry ... it is an important road map of St. Lucia in the pre and post-independence period." -Sir John Compton, First Premier and Prime Minister of St. Lucia ..". excellent work ... a powerful commentary ... a deep sincere analytical look into the state of things in the island today ... a catalog of events and circumstances that shaped St. Lucia and its people for over three centuries ... truly a compendium of St. Lucian life from early times to the modern era ... thoroughly enjoyed myself reading the book." -Modeste Downes, Author of Phases "Anderson Reynolds sharply analyses the effect of bananas on the nation's way of life, ... He relates the account of the violent 'banana no-cut strike' of 1993 in a political perspective, offering the reader a wealth of information on how bananas and power are intertwined." -David Vitalis, The Mirror "The Struggle For Survival, although obviously well researched, is an easy-to-read intriguing story of the social and political development of St. Lucia. The book lays the basis for critical examinations of the legacy of European plantocracy and a determination of modern history's perception of the descendant of African slaves in the Caribbean as victor or victims in our political destiny. The Struggle For Survival held my attention from beginning to end." -Travis Weekes, Author of Let There Be Jazz ..". an invaluable book, a source of much information. Much scholarly research has gone into the writing of this work ... chronicled in dramatic sequence, those disasters and misfortunes which, periodically, have affected the island from its discovery down to the present day . . . Dr. Reynolds displays a great fascination for history . . . the book is an effort to establish who and what we are, what makes us tick . . . in a very definite way, establishes the Saint Lucian personality, the Saint Lucian national and cultural identity." -Jacques Compton, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts"In Dr. Reynolds, St. Lucia has produced another writer of the calibre, or of even deeper essence than Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul."- Peter Lansiquot, CARICOM economist and diplomat
Book Synopsis Decolonization in St. Lucia by : Tennyson S. D. Joseph
Download or read book Decolonization in St. Lucia written by Tennyson S. D. Joseph and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tennyson S. D. Joseph builds upon current research on the anticolonial and nationalist experience in the Caribbean. He explores the impact of global transformation upon the independent experience of St. Lucia and argues that the island's formal decolonization roughly coincided with the period of the rise of global neoliberalism hegemony. Consequently, the concept of “limited sovereignty” became the defining feature of St. Lucia's understanding of the possibilities of independence. Central to the analysis is the tension between the role of the state as a facilitator of domestic aspirations on one hand and a facilitator of global capital on the other. Joseph examines six critical phases in the St. Lucian experience. The first is 1940 to 1970, when the early nationalist movement gradually occupied state power within a framework of limited self-government. The second period is 1970 to 1982 during which formal independence was attained and an attempt at socialist-oriented radical nationalism was pursued by the St. Lucia Labor Party. The third distinctive period was the period of neoliberal hegemony, 1982-1990. The fourth period (1990-1997) witnessed a heightened process of neoliberal adjustment in global trade which destroyed the banana industry and transformed the domestic political economy. A later period (1997-2006) involved the SLP's return to political power, resulting in tensions between an earlier radicalism and a new and contradictory accommodation to global neoliberalism. The final period (2006-2010) coincides with the onset of a crisis in global neoliberalism during which a series of domestic conflicts reflected the contradictions of the dominant understanding of sovereignty in narrow, materialist terms at the expense of its wider anti-systematic, progressive, and emancipator connotations.
Download or read book The Caribbean written by Gad Heuman and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gad Heuman provides a comprehensive introduction the history of the Caribbean, from its earliest inhabitants to contemporary political and cultural developments. Topics covered include: - The Amerindians - Sugary and Slavery - Race, Racism and Equality - The Aftermath of Emancipation - The Revolutionary Caribbean - Cultures of the Caribbean This new edition is fully revised and updated, with new material on the pre-Columbian era and the Hispanic Caribbean. It takes account not only of the political and social struggles that have shaped the Caribbean, but also provides a sense of the development of the region's culture. The Caribbean: A Brief History is ideal for students and those seeking a clear and readable introduction to Caribbean history.
Book Synopsis The Caribbean Before Columbus by : William F. Keegan
Download or read book The Caribbean Before Columbus written by William F. Keegan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caribbean before Columbus is a new synthesis of the region's insular history based on the authors' 55 years of research in the Bahamas, Lesser and Greater Antilles. The presentation operates on multiple scales, and individual sites highlight specific issues. For the first time, complete histories are elucidated through an emphasis on cultural diversity.
Download or read book Caribbean written by James A. Michener and published by Dial Press Trade Paperback. This book was released on 2005-12-13 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this acclaimed classic novel, James A. Michener sweeps readers off to the Caribbean, bringing to life the eternal allure and tumultuous history of this glittering string of islands. From the 1310 conquest of the Arawaks by cannibals to the decline of the Mayan empire, from Columbus’s arrival to buccaneer Henry Morgan’s notorious reign, from the bloody slave revolt on Haiti to the rise of Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Caribbean packs seven hundred dramatic years into a tale teeming with revolution and romance, authentic characters and thunderous destinies. Through absorbing, magnificent prose, Michener captures the essence of the islands in all of their awe-inspiring scope and wonder. Praise for Caribbean “Michener is a master.”—Boston Herald “A grand epic . . . [James A. Michener] sympathizes with the struggles of the region’s most oppressed, and succeeds in presenting the Caribbean in its rich diversity.”—The Plain Dealer “Remarkable and praiseworthy . . . utterly engaging.”—The Washington Post Book World “Even American tourists familiar with some of the serene islands will find themselves enlightened. . . . In Caribbean, there appears to be a strong aura of truth behind the storytelling.”—The New York Times
Book Synopsis Empire's Crossroads by : Carrie Gibson
Download or read book Empire's Crossroads written by Carrie Gibson and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “wide-ranging, vivid” narrative history of one of the most coveted and complex regions of the world: the Caribbean (The Observer). Ever since Christopher Columbus stepped off the Santa Maria and announced that he had arrived in the Orient, the Caribbean has been a stage for projected fantasies and competition between world powers. In Empire’s Crossroads, British American historian Carrie Gibson offers a panoramic view of the region from the northern rim of South America up to Cuba and its rich, important history. After that fateful landing in 1492, the British, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, and even the Swedes, Scots, and Germans sought their fortunes in the islands for the next two centuries. These fraught years gave way to a booming age of sugar, horrendous slavery, and extravagant wealth, as well as the Haitian Revolution and the long struggles for independence that ushered in the modern era. Gibson tells not only of imperial expansion—European and American—but also of life as it is lived in the islands, from before Columbus through the tumultuous twentieth century. Told “in fluid, colorful prose peppered with telling anecdotes,” Empire’s Crossroads provides an essential account of five centuries of history (Foreign Affairs). “Judicious, readable and extremely well-informed . . . Too many people know the Caribbean only as a tourist destination; [Gibson] takes us, instead, into its fascinating, complex and often tragic past. No vacation there will ever feel quite the same again.” —Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars and King Leopold’s Ghost
Book Synopsis A Brief History of the Caribbean by : Jan Rogozinski
Download or read book A Brief History of the Caribbean written by Jan Rogozinski and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume takes the reader and student through more than five hundred years of Caribbean history, beginning with Columbus's arrival in the Bahamas in 1492. A Brief History of the Caribbean traces the people and events that have marked this constantly shifting region, encompassing everything from economic booms and busts to epidemics, wars, and revolutions, and bringing to life such important figures as Sir Francis Drake, Blackbeard, Toussaint Louverture, Fidel Castro, the Duvaliers, and Jean-Bertrand Aristide. This superbly written history, revised and updated, with new chapters that reflect the islands' most recent social, economic, and political developments, is a work of impeccable scholarship. Featuring maps, charts, tables, and photographs, it remains the ideal guide to the region and its people.
Book Synopsis Social Life in the Caribbean, 1838-1938 by : Bridget Brereton
Download or read book Social Life in the Caribbean, 1838-1938 written by Bridget Brereton and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 1985 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a clear and readable account ofa formative period in the history of the region. The text is divided into two halves: the first half looks at the structure of society and covers issues of race, class and wealth, while the second half looks at four particular aspects of community life - religion, the family, education and festivals...
Download or read book The Caribbean written by Stephan Palmié and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “illuminating” survey of Caribbean history from pre-Columbian times to the twenty-first century (Los Angeles Times). Combining fertile soils, vital trade routes, and a coveted strategic location, the islands and surrounding continental lowlands of the Caribbean were one of Europe’s earliest and most desirable colonial frontiers. The region was colonized over the course of five centuries by a revolving cast of Spanish, Dutch, French, and English forces, who imported first African slaves and later Asian indentured laborers to help realize the economic promise of sugar, coffee, and tobacco. The Caribbean: A History of the Region and Its Peoples offers an authoritative one-volume survey of this complex and fascinating region. This groundbreaking work traces the Caribbean from its pre-Columbian state through European contact and colonialism to the rise of U.S. hegemony and the economic turbulence of the twenty-first century. The volume begins with a discussion of the region’s diverse geography and challenging ecology and features an in-depth look at the transatlantic slave trade, including slave culture, resistance, and ultimately emancipation. Later sections treat Caribbean nationalist movements for independence and struggles with dictatorship and socialism, along with intractable problems of poverty, economic stagnation, and migrancy. Written by a distinguished group of contributors, The Caribbean is an accessible yet thorough introduction to the region’s tumultuous heritage which offers enough nuance to interest scholars across disciplines. In its breadth of coverage and depth of detail, it will be the definitive guide to the region for years to come. Praise for The Caribbean “The editors of this volume have successfully assembled a survey of historical and contemporary issues which serves as an excellent introductory text for newcomers to the region, as well as a resource for more experienced researchers searching for a concise reference to any historical period.” —Journal of Caribbean History “This collection provides an engaging introduction to the history of a region defined by centuries of colonial domination and popular struggle. In these essays readers will recognize the Caribbean as a garden of social catastrophe and a grim incubator of modern global capitalism, as well as of people’s continuous attempts to resist, endure, or adapt to it. Scholars and students will find it to be a very useful handbook for current thinking on a vital topic.” —Vincent Brown, professor of history and of African and African American studies, Duke University
Book Synopsis General History of the Caribbean by : Higman, B.W.
Download or read book General History of the Caribbean written by Higman, B.W. and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 1905-06-21 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume looks at the ways historians have written the history of the region, depending upon their methods of interpretation and differing styles of communicating their findings. The chapters discussing methodology are followed by studies of particular themes of historiography. The second half of the volume describes the writing of history in the individual territories, taking into account changes in society, economy and political structure. The final section is a full and detailed bibliography serving not only as a guide to the volume but also as an invaluable reference for the General History of the Caribbcan as a whole.
Book Synopsis Union Island's History Servitude Metayage and Civilization by : Josiah Stewart
Download or read book Union Island's History Servitude Metayage and Civilization written by Josiah Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-07 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in this 21st Century (2018), many countries, the world over, still have never heard of Union Island, the third largest islands of the Grenadines. Is this a surprise to historians in the Caribbean? "The answer here is an unequivocal No!" Said Leslie Jennings, a historian, and third generation immigrant from the island of Trinidad, West Indies. "The Caribbean Sea is comprised of more than 700 Islands, and in a wider sense, the mainland countries of Venezuela, Guyana, Belize and French Guiana are a part of this Tropical atmosphere." She continued. "Every island have a past, or are linked to another larger island or islands that share a common history." Such is the case with Union Island, a 3.5 square mile landmass that was deemed the epicenter of an archipelago of 32 small islands. And although Union Island's history is intrinsically linked to Grenada and St. Vincent, two larger islands in the region, Union Island's history, for the most part, is an independent one that dates back to the mid 18th Century. During the 17th and 18th Centuries, Union Island was a hub for the French privateers that traversed the waters of the Grenadines on their voyages to the larger Islands in the region. And there are a lot of informative and intriguing information that is derived from the Caribbean during the early European presence. Unfortunately, the history of these islands in the vicinity (St. Vincent, Grenada, St. Lucia, and Dominica) was vaguely documented and was never taught in the schools of the Caribbean. Instead, the students have been force-fed the history of Europe and the might of the British Empire. The contents of the history textbooks at the schools and institutions in the Caribbean were pro-Europe; the students were daily served this menu as part of their intellectual diets. No data of St. Vincent & the Grenadines or Africa, the origin of the forefathers and foremothers of the current African generations was ever mentioned in the history books. Instead, the British Empire was lauded. Names such as Queen Isabella, King Ferdinand, John Hawkins, Walter Raleigh, Admiral Penn, General Venables, Francis Drake, and Henry Morgan were revered. Many of them were knighted "Sir" regardless of the taints and notorieties that are attached to their names. Regrettably, history teaches that these personalities should be respect and admired nonetheless. Fortuitously, for Union Island, its complete history is depicted in details in a new book Union Island History -Servitude, Metayage, and Civilization. In this intriguing text, the history dates back to the 1750s when this 3.5 Sq. Miles landmass was strong-armed from the Carib Indians by the French. The French proposed the cultivation of the cotton crop on the island based on the climate and the evanescence of its annual rainfall. Cotton, they thought, would have generated a sizable income in Europe. But free or cheap labor must first be put into place for the cultivation of the proposed cotton crop. Immediately, 350 Africans have been ushered in bondage from the west coast of Africa and were used as slaves for the first time on this tiny island. But with the principle of retributive justice or the doctrine of inevitable consequence being expressed in only a few years, the French ownership of Union Island was short lived. Their rulership was vehemently interrupted with the intervention of the Treaty of Paris in 1763, which give rise to the British dominance in the region. In reprisal, the French's wrath and resilience were felt a few years later when they reclaimed the neighboring island of Grenada. Consequently, the Grenadines were impacted negatively by the resurgence of the French in such proximity. To bring about tranquility in the region, which was rife with mayhem, another agreement (Treaty of Versailles) was drafted in the year 1783. This treaty represented the end of all territorial conflicts and insurgency; it installed a state of decorum and stability in the region. Unveil the detai
