{"product_id":"the-caribbean-in-the-wider-world-1492-1992-a-regional-geography-hardback-9780521351867","title":"The Caribbean in the Wider World, 1492–1992; A Regional Geography (Hardback) 9780521351867","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Caribbean in the Wider World, 1492–1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Regional Geography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis major textbook survey, first published in 1992, explains how the Caribbean's present geography is intimately tied to the past.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBonham C. Richardson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521351867, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 January 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e254 pages, 4 maps  2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e' … highly original synthesis and interpretation of regional history, regional social and economic trends, and, regional environmental issues. The book is stimulating, well-crafted and the author's style is lucid and refreshingly free from technical jargon and stodgy prose … highly recommended.' Caribbean Review of Books\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis major textbook survey, first published in 1992, explains how the Caribbean's present geography is intimately tied to the past. The Caribbean was Europe's first colony, its landscapes transformed to produce tropical staples and its decimated aboriginal populace replaced with African slaves. As European power has waned in the Caribbean, it has been replaced by the geopolitical domination of the United States. Professor Richardson examines this colonisation and recolonisation of the Caribbean during the past half millennium, portraying a region victimised by natural hazards, soil erosion, over population and gunboat diplomacy. Most importantly, he explains the ways in which Caribbean peoples have reacted and adapted to their external influences. No other single survey of the region provides equivalent breadth - ranging from aboriginal ecologies to today's narcotic traffic - or harnesses so effectively elements of the past to illuminate the present.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. The creation of the Caribbean\u003cbr\u003e 2. A colonised environment\u003cbr\u003e 3. Plantations and their peoples to 1900\u003cbr\u003e 4. The American century\u003cbr\u003e 5. Economic dependency\u003cbr\u003e 6. Human migrations\u003cbr\u003e 7. Resistance and political independence\u003cbr\u003e 8. Towards a geography of Caribbean nationhood\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Regional geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Regional geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Regional%20geography%20%5BRGL%5D%22\"\u003eRGL\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007120068888,"sku":"9780521351867","price":77.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521351867i_1b01c308-f12d-4baa-85ee-a20d6dcf36ed.jpg?v=1691375587","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-caribbean-in-the-wider-world-1492-1992-a-regional-geography-hardback-9780521351867","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}