General History of the Caribbean - UNESCO: Autochthonous Societies

Volume 1 of the General History of the Caribbean relates to the history of the origins of the earliest Caribbean people, and analyses their various political, social, cultural and economic organizations over time. This volume investigates the movement of Paleoindians into the islands, and looks at the agricultural societies which developed. It then explores the indigenous societies at the time of the Spanish Conquest, the hierarchy of the chiefdoms, and the development of slavery.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/01/2003
ISBN: 9781403975898
Pages: 476
Weight: 1.82lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d