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Myths and realities of Caribbean history [electronic resource] / Basil A. Reid.

By: Reid, Basil A, 1961-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory. Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009Description: xiv, 154 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Caribbean Area -- History -- Errors, inventions, etcGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 972.9/01 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-150) and index.

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.

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