From Columbus to Castro

Name: From Columbus to Castro
Author: Eric Williams

by Eric Williams

Sweeping history of Caribbean and Latin America from Columbus onward

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Eric Williams

Williams's Capitalism and Slavery argued that the transatlantic slave trade and slavery were central to the development of British capitalism, fundamentally reframing debates about both the Industrial Revolution and the abolition movement.

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Capitalism and SlaveryEconomic history arguing slavery fueled capitalism and Western development
British Historians and the West IndiesHistoriography examining how British historians have studied the Caribbean region
The Negro in the CaribbeanHistorical study of African diaspora and Black cultures in Caribbean societies