Research Catalog

Title

Myths and realities of Caribbean history / Basil A. Reid.

Author

Reid, Basil A., 1961-

Publication

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.

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Details

Description

xiv, 154 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory

Uniform Title

Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.

Subject

• Caribbean Area > History > Errors, inventions, etc

Bibliography (note)

• 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.

Call Number

JGE 09-84

ISBN

• 9780817355340 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0817355340 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008035776

OCLC

244177207

Author

Reid, Basil A., 1961-

Title

Myths and realities of Caribbean history / Basil A. Reid.

Imprint

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.

Series

Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory

Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-150) and index.

Research Call Number

JGE 09-84