The impact of colonialism and slavery can still be seen in many of the island cultures today. In 1955, ameijeiras using the alias jomeguia, was briefly jailed on moral charges. List of books and articles about caribbean history. The first spanish settlements were established in the caribbean starting in.
Efigenio ameijeiras delgado was born in 1931 in puerto padre, las tunas province and was an ardent supporter of fidel castro. There is no book length monograph devoted to the history of the spanish caribbean during the entire colonial period. States of nature science, agriculture, and environment in the. Discover the best caribbean history in best sellers. Written by one of the caribbeans most eminent historians and history educators, this bestselling. Caribbean, like those in the rest of the new world, created their own version of slavery. The substantive content of caribbean history is the activities of the peoples of. This comprehensive book covers over four hundred years of caribbean adventures and misadventures from columbus first trip to the region to the 1930s. A structured approach to secondary school mathematics, matching the syllabi from across the caribbean. In terms of governance of the spanish empire, the indies was the designation for all its overseas territories and was overseen by the council of the indies, founded in 1524 and based. The spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwideabout onethird of the. The history of the caribbean is rich with adventurous tales, blended cultures, and natural diversity. The spanish caribbean and the atlantic world in the long sixteenth century breaks new ground in articulating the early spanish caribbean as a distinct and diverse group of colonies loosely united under spanish rule for roughly a century prior to the establishment of other european colonies.
The association of caribbean historians ach is pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 elsa goveia book prize book in recognition of excellence in the field of caribbean history, randy m. Apr, 2020 history of science, medicine, and technology, latin american and caribbean history studies, world history studies, cultural history studies, colonial and postcolonial history studies how is latin america made present and absent in the curated world of the museum. They invented from scratch all the ideological and legal underpinnings of a totally new slave system. The first spanish colonists in the caribbean, in the 16th century, have hoped primarily to grow rich by finding gold. Project muse the spanish caribbean and the atlantic. Looking for interesting facts about the caribbean islands. The spanish caribbean and the atlantic world in the long sixteenth century ida.
Project muse the spanish caribbean and the atlantic world. Although the spanish conquests of the aztec empire and the inca empire in the. The spanish caribbean and the atlantic world in the long. During the sixteenth century, the islands of the caribbean remained an exclusively spanish preserve, but they were too numerous to control. Cuba and the dominican republic are the names of two spanishspeaking islands. History for csec examinations will prove indispensable to anyone teaching or studying the history of the region. After the catastrophic decline of amerindian populations on the islands, two major african provenance. Atlantic africa and the spanish caribbean, 15701640. The series, comprising three books, tells in a straightforward and stimulating way the story of the people of many races and of many nations who have inhabited the region from the earliest times up to the present day. So thats really one and two halfs as only half of hispaniola is spanishspeaking, and puerto rico is bilingual. Educators will benefit from assigning the book in its entirety to specialized classes or using its many valuable. History as a discipline has three aspects its content, its organising principles and its methods of enquiry. The caribbean people has been the best js history course in and for the caribbean for some time, as well as being an excellent read for the interested layman.
So the three islands where spanish is spoken as main language are cuba, puerto rico and hispaniola. Deeply steeped in the history of the caribbean, his love for the region is quite evident. Jamaica according to the table in jan rogozinskis book. In terms of governance of the spanish empire, the indies was the designation for all its overseas territories and was overseen by the council of the indies, founded in 1524 and based in spain. The first spanish settlements were established in the caribbean starting in 1493. Historically, coastal areas of spanish florida and the caribbean south america cf. Atlantic africa and the spanish caribbean, 15701640 david.
Acquire your favorite caribbean history books at low prices. The book analyzes and explains the basic prehistory of the universe and how it came into being, the basic dynamics which created life, the basic. Project muse atlantic africa and the spanish caribbean. Most of the caribbean inhabited by carib, taino, and arawak indians. A vital contribution to the fields of blackafrican history, caribbean history, and early modern history more broadly. Only the invalids, very young children and the infirm, who made up the other. The spanish west indies or the spanish antilles was the collective name for spanish colonies in the caribbean. The languages of the caribbean reflect the regions diverse history and culture. Thererafter, when the limited supply of gold is exhausted, the spanish west indies survive as part of the broader economy of spanish america. Yotuel m spanish caribbean, spanish latin american mainly seen in cuba, where there is a clear trend for parents to be creative with names. Both islands, along with puerto rico, number among the islands in the eastern caribbean sea.
From precolonial origins to the present 2012, tony martin emeritus professor of africana studies. The history of the caribbean is about 30 million people scattered across an arc of islands jamaica, haiti, barbados, antigua, martinique, trinidad, among othersseparated by the languages and cultures of their colonizers, but joined together, nevertheless, by a common heritage. The spanishspeaking islands of cuba, puerto rico, and the dominican republic make up a relatively small region, but their musical and cultural traditions have had a dramatic, sweeping impact on the world. Haitian revolution and its impact in the spanish caribbean. Spanish official language of cuba, dominican republic, puerto rico, bay islands honduras, corn islands nicaragua, isla cozumel, isla mujeres mexico, nueva esparta venezuela the federal dependencies of venezuela and san. A concise history of the caribbean cambridge concise. Celebrated as the door to the seas and key to the universe, it served in the 1530s as the staging point for the spanish conquest of the inca empire, and until the 19th century it was a transshipment point for gold and silver destined for spain. Morphology voseo is now completely absent from caribbean spanish.
This specific intentional violation of presidential order for the ship to hold was the true reason for the us civil war. Ecology and war in the greater caribbean, 16201914 by john robert mcneill, a short account of the. Over the last three years, much of what the guardian holds dear has been. This book traces the history of the intersections of nature, economy, and nation in the spanish caribbean through a history of the agricultural and botanical sciences. Caribbean literature is written in spanish, french or english. Mar 21, 2020 the home of several native american peoples, such as the guaymi, kuna, and choco, panama became the first spanish colony on the pacific. Winner of the 2014 biannual best article prize by the association of caribbean historians, and the vanderwood prizehonorable mention for best article, the conference in latin american history.
The spanish caribbean and the atlantic world in the long sixteenth. A spanish renegade pirate who raided spanish settlements in new spain during the late 17th century with his most notable raid being against chepo in 1679. The spanish caribbean and the atlantic world in the long sixteenth century breaks. History of the caribbean traces the fate of a group of small islands whose natural resources transformed them first into some of the wealthiest places on earth and then into some of the poorest. At the end of the fifteenth century, many jews had to. Music in the hispanic caribbean experiencing music, expressing culture robin moore global music series. Ida altman is a professor emerita of history at the university of florida. The book analyzes and explains the basic pre history of the universe and how it came into being, the basic dynamics which created life, the basic. A central theme in caribbean literature is the process of creolization, a term describing a process of mixing old traditional cultures with new modern elements of an inherited culture. The spanish caribbean and the atlantic world in the long sixteenth century.
Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. When the crown established the viceroyalty of new spain in 1535, the islands of the caribbean came under its jurisdiction. This does not shows any natives and instead focuses on the european powers. Jun 12, 2016 this video shows the colonization and history of the caribbean, from the arrival of christopher columbus to present day. The path of splitness is a major nonfiction work that will rock the scientific world it is 2,766 pages. Hispanola, puerto rico, cuba, jamaica, and trinidad were settled. In the eighteenth century about 90 per cent of all slaves worked.
This work resituates the spanish caribbean as an extension of the lusoafrican atlantic world from the late sixteenth to the midseventeenth century, when the union of the spanish and portuguese crowns facilitated a surge in the transatlantic slave trade. The spanish caribbean in the colonial period latin american. At the end of the fifteenth century, many jews had to flee spain and portugal. What is presented here, instead, is a collection of articles several of them published previously dealing exclusively with some important economic themes from the hispanic caribbeans history of the nineteenth century. This is the first part of a twovolume history of the caribbe. Atlantic africa and the spanish caribbean, 15701640 published. The history of the caribbean is the history of the exploitation of labour with reference to slavery and the encomienda labour system in the above statement the history of the caribbean is the history of the exploitation of labour, it simply states that the caribbeans history is basically the history of its exploitation of. This video shows the colonization and history of the caribbean, from the arrival of christopher columbus to present day.
Dec 03, 2018 yup, i have affiliate links on this blog and there may be some in this amazing and completely free content below. In the years after columbuss first voyage, spanish adventurers known as conquistadores began to colonize the surrounding areas of the caribbean and the americas. States of nature science, agriculture, and environment in. A brief history with documents the bedford series in history and culture laurent dubois. The series, comprising three books, tells in a straightforward and stimulating way the story of the people of many races and of many nations. The spanish caribbean and the atlantic world in the. Higman, puts the reader on notice about this situation at the very beginning of the book. Creating knowledge and healing in the early modern atlantic. Scarano 2006 offers a survey of scholarship on 19thcentury cuba, puerto rico, and the. Atlantic africa and the spanish caribbean, 15701640 published for the. The dominican republic, a national history, by dominicanprominent historian frank moya pons is the best history ofthe dominican republic available in english today. It resembles the spanish spoken in the canary islands and more distantly the one spoken in western andalusia more precisely, the term refers to the spanish language as spoken in the caribbean islands of cuba, puerto rico, and the dominican republic. The islands claimed by spain were hispaniola, modern haiti and the domini.
This book intertwines the socioeconomics of the caribbean with atlantic history in a captivating narrative that will fascinate a general audience and. Jewish pirates of the caribbean by edward kritzler. Empires crossroads, by carrie gibson the new york times. The control and treatment of slaves sjc history department. She studied the history of the spanish and french caribbean for her. Browne for his latest book entitled, surviving slavery in the british caribbean university of pennsylvania press, 2017. The history of the caribbean reveals the significant role the region played in the colonial struggles of the european powers since the 15th century. Mar 09, 2016 this work resituates the spanish caribbean as an extension of the lusoafrican atlantic world from the late sixteenth to the midseventeenth century, when the union of the spanish and portuguese crowns facilitated a surge in the transatlantic slave trade. In this lively debut work of history, edward kritzler tells the tale of an unlikely group of swashbuckling jews who ransacked the high seas in the aftermath of the spanish inquisition. There is no booklength monograph devoted to the history of the spanish caribbean during the entire colonial period. The spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwideabout onethird of the planets populationand killed an estimated 20 million. The spanish speaking islands of cuba, puerto rico, and the dominican republic make up a relatively small region, but their musical and cultural traditions have had a dramatic, sweeping impact on the world. If you book or buy something through these links, i earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Corbis pp 22, 27, 31, 28 bettmann, 67 historical picture library, 117, 118, 5.
Which caribbean islands are spanish speaking answers. The series, comprising three books, tells in a straightforward and stimulating way the. The natives of the islands are put to work as slaves in the mines. In 1492, christopher columbus landed in the caribbean and claimed the region for spain. As table 3 shows, the caribbean is characterized by its linguistic heterogeneity and complexity. During the seventeenth century, the english and the french settled on islands on the periphery. Heres how the caribbean became the most racially diverse region in the world duration. The spanish caribbean in the colonial period latin. The circulation of bodily knowledge in the seventeenth century black spanish caribbean, in social history. Amerindians to africans is the first of three books aimed at. At the time of the european arrival, three major amerindian indigenous. There are six official languages spoken in the caribbean. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Aug 01, 2017 atlantic africa and the spanish caribbean challenges this assumption on two levels.
The circulation of bodily knowledge in the seventeenth century black spanish caribbean, in social history of medicine, 20 26 3. In the sixteenth century no part of the americas was more diverse. List of books and articles about caribbean literature. A number of studies of presentday nations, or regions within presentday nations, focus on the centuries prior to independence e. Amerindians to africans macmillan caribbean ebooks. Publishes books and journals especially in american history, the american west, and native american studies. Book one carries researchers and readers from the earliest beginnings of america, down through the buchanan administration, through the bombardment of the ship, star of the west. University of north carolina press for the omohundro institute of early american history and culture, 2016. Search history view history purchase history mymuse alerts contact support. The power of governments, planters, and, later, scientists depended on their ability to control the natural world and shape it to their models of development. Music in the hispanic caribbean robin moore oxford. The history of the early spanish caribbean is often viewed through a sugarcentered framework, in which the historiography of the region foregrounds the experience of enslaved africans and their descendants laboring on sugar plantations.
Cuba and the dominican republic are the names of two spanish speaking islands. Aug 22, 2017 in the years after columbuss first voyage, spanish adventurers known as conquistadores began to colonize the surrounding areas of the caribbean and the americas. The history of the caribbean has its special difficulties, particularly because of the large number of states, polities, and islands in the region, all of them with their own individual as well as. History english in the caribbean slavery in the caribbean transportation of indians. Educators will benefit from assigning the book in its entirety to specialized classes or using its many valuable individual essays to fill in the cracks of latin american, caribbean, or atlantic history syllabi. The spanish caribbean and the atlantic world in the long sixteenth century conveys the foundational character of the region for the immediate postcontact americas while also allowing room for debate and more subtle articulations of the periods historical diversity. During the period of spanish settlement and colonization of the new world, the spanish west indies referred to those settlements in islands of the caribbean sea under political administration of spain.
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