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

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List of illustrations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Myth 1: Caribbean history started with the arrival of Christoper Columbus in 1492 -- Myth 2: Arawaks and Caribs were the two major groups in the precolonial Caribbean -- Myth 3: Columbus met Arawaks in the northern Caribbean -- Myth 4: Natives encountered by Christopher Columbus in the northern Caribbean migrated from South America -- Myth 5: Arawaks were the first potters and farmers to have settled in the Caribbean -- Myth 6: Ciboneys lived in western Cuba at the time of Spanish contact -- Myth 7: 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: 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: Spanish colonists brought ´civilization´ to native societies in the Caribbean -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- References cited -- Index.