Myths and realities of Caribbean history / Basil A. Reid.

• Superior document: Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Reid, Basil A., 1961-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
• Physical Description: xiv, 154 p. :; ill., maps.

Table of 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.