Myths and realities of Caribbean history (Record no. 92014)
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| fixed length control field | 02410nam a2200373 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 972.9/01 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Reid, Basil A., |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Myths and realities of Caribbean history |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Tuscaloosa : |
| Name of publisher | University of Alabama Press, |
| Year of publication | c2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiv, 154 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., maps. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10387680 |
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