GEOG 1001 Lecture : Caribbean Lecture Notes
Document Summary
First region of the americas to be discovered, explored, and colonized by europeans. Group of islands but also include belize, the guyanas (guyana, suriname, and french guiana) and "the. Rimland" (the edges of central and south america) We clump these together because of cultural and historical reasons. Because of what is not left of the native peoples in the area (that legacy of colonialism) Relatively large areas like cuba to teeny tiny islands like montserrat and hispaniola. This is a region that had a lot of colonial squabbling. The region has been long dominated by plantation agriculture: New economies: - meant to reduce their single-croup dependence but many times it leads to new dependencies. New export products (something different from sugar - some turn to flour) Carib indians - one of the many different native peoples. "west indies" - from colonialism, was a mistake - "they were looking for india . " Arawak peoples - one of the other natives.
