Crossroads of empire : the European-Caribbean connection, 1492-1992 / edited by Alan Cobley. - - Cave Hill : Univ. of the West Indies, Department of History, 1994. - ix, 132 p. : map.

Public lectures sponsored by the Department of History, University of the West Indies (Cave Hill)...

Includes bibliographical references.

The Caribbean, crossroads of the Americas / Rex Nettleford -- The Caribbean before and after Columbus / Karl Watson -- Kalinago (Carib) resistance to the European invasion / Hilary Beckles -- The British West Indies economy and the industrial capitalist revolution, 1775-1846 / Selwyn Carrington -- Independence and the persistence of colonialism in the Caribbean / Bridget Brereton -- European stereotypes and the position of women in the Caribbean : an historical overview / Kathleen Phillips-Lewis -- The Caribbean intellectual and western education / George Lamming -- The collapse of the Soviet system : implications for the Caribbean left / George Belle -- Europe 1992 : implications for the Caribbean / Pat Thompson.

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West Indies--History.
West Indies--Civilisation--European influences.
West Indies--Relations--Europe.
Europe--West Indies.--Relations

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