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Dordrecht, Holland: Providence, U.S.A.: Foris Publications. 1988. Trade paperback. Good. cover wear, spine is cocked, some underlining & yellow highlighting.. 250 pp., diagrams, bibliography, index. . 250 pp., diagrams, bibliography, index. cover wear, spine is cocked, some underlining & yellow highlighting. The Caribs were one of the most powerful and widely dispersed groups in the Caribbean and South America. The central theme of this study is the transition of Carib society from the time of their first contacts with Europeans in 1498, until the turn of the eighteenth century, the point at which they may be said to have effectively lost their independence to the emergent states of Venezuela and Guyana. Unlike the Aztecs and the Incas, the Caribs posed a consistent challenge to Spanish, Dutch, French and English imperial designs for almost three hundred years. Eventually, however, they too were overcome by the colonial intruders, due not least to the accelerating effects of the Old World diseases…
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Lords of the Tiger Spirit: A History of the Caribs in Colonial Venezuela and Guyana 1498-1820 (Caribbean Series, 10) Paperback - 1988
by Whitehead, Neil L
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- Title Lords of the Tiger Spirit: A History of the Caribs in Colonial Venezuela and Guyana 1498-1820 (Caribbean Series, 10)
- Author Whitehead, Neil L
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- Publisher Foris Pubns USA, Dordrecht, Holland: Providence, U.S.A.
- Date 1988
- ISBN 9789067652407
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