Caribbean Crucible: History‚ Culture‚ and Globalization Kevin A. Yelvington In the present age of globalization‚ it is often forgotten that these world-encompassing processes were initiated with European expansion into the Caribbean beginning more than five hundred years ago. We now see the proliferation of overseas factories enabling owners‚ producers‚ and consumers of products to be in widely distant locales. It seems to us that in the search for profits‚ commercial activity has recently spread
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LOCATION AND DEFINITION OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION Definition of the Caribbean Region Geographical This describes the area washed by the Caribbean Sea and is often described as the Caribbean Basin. It would therefore include most of the islands of the Lesser Antilles‚ Greater Antilles as well as the mainland territories in Central America (Costa Rica‚ Belize‚ Panama‚ Honduras) and Northern South America such as Columbia and Venezuela. The common link here is the Caribbean Sea. Geological There are deep
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Europeans who conquered lands and its people as well as established colonies. Several European countries created empires in the Caribbean‚ in all parts of America and in Africa. Military might‚ fear and deliberate psychological conditioning were the agents used to rule their subjected people. During the period of colonialism European culture became dominant in the Caribbean. The colonies which were formed during this period became extensions of Europe. Only the colonizer benefited in the relationship
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Haitian Revolution‚ was the only and first successful slave revolution in history were the slaves won. Is were the black people got their freedom to change the way others nations see the use of the slave as property.The Haitian Revolution took place in the French colony of Saint-Dominique‚ one of the islands of the Caribbean‚ resulting in the establishment of Haiti‚ the first independent black state.The Revolution started in 1791 and ended in 1804. The revolution started when the white landlords
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after the Haitian Revolution ended in 1804. It has always been the curiosity of the researcher to discover Haiti’s state prior to this major revolt and also to find out the factors which caused the socio-economic break down of the colony. This research seeks to educate the researcher and whoever may read it in an effort to broaden their knowledge on Haiti’s socio-economic structure and why it is the way it is. Introduction The Haitian Revolution was a strategy used
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Sugar Plantation John Barrett‚ an 18th-century plantation owner in Trelawny‚ Jamaica. February 14‚ 1782 The slaves are quite busy as we are at the height of the crop season. Late last year‚ the former owner did some renovation to the various factory buildings including the boiling house‚ the distillery‚ the curing house and the trash house. These various buildings play an integral role in the manufacturing process for sugar. The boiling house is important as this is where the sugar cane juice
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NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS IN THE CARIBBEAN Definitions A hazard can be defined as‚ “A potentially damaging physical event‚ phenomenon or human activity that may cause the loss of life or injury‚ property damage‚ social and economic disruption or environmental degradation”. Hazards can include latent conditions that may represent future threats and can have different origins: natural (geological‚ hydrometeorological and biological); or induced by human processes (environmental degradation
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The aim of every Caribbean country is to realize growth and development over time so as to achieve first world status. Most of the Caribbean countries are ranked as middle income countries. These countries realize that achieving first world status is a long term initiative given the many social problems that we face as a Caribbean nation. Among the many social problems that we face‚ poverty is the most pervasive of them all. Despite the effort of many of these countries to try and eradicate poverty
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Military revolution and revolution of military affair The world is continuing to experience changes that are affecting every generation of people in society without regard to race‚ religion‚ age‚ sex‚ political status or geographical location. These changes are certainly important chapters for our history books. For the most part I would say these changes are like evolution which has led to the diversification of all living organisms from a common ancestor‚ known as a scientific development
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breadwinner of the home and if there is any male presence‚ it is marginalized. These families can be called mother-centered‚ woman-centered or headed and grandmother-centered. In 1937‚ the British Colonial Social Welfare Workers were sent to the Caribbean to fix the existing social problems of the societies and provide measures to assist. Thomas Simey (1946)‚ was a welfare worker and postulated that one of the main problems were the fact that families were loose and children were fatherless‚ and they
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