Lesser Antilles in the Age of European Expansion

By Stanley L. Engerman, Robert L. Paquette

Subjects: History, Slavery, Indians of the West Indies, Indians of the west indies, Antilles, lesser, Slavery, west indies

Description: "Outgrowth of papers presented at conference marking Columbus' quincentennial and centering around new societies formed as a result of culture contact. Essays focus on precolumbian peoples of the Lesser Antilles and their earliest encounters with Europeans; imperial rivalries and wars and their impact on settlement patterns; and local societies, slavery, trade, and abolition. Highly useful"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.