Tobago: The Union with Trinidad 1889-1899 Free

Author: Lennie M. Nimblett
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1477234497

Tobago: The Union with Trinidad 1889-1899: Myth and Reality

This book tells the little known story about the decision for the Caribbean island of Tobago to form a unitary colony with the neighbouring island of Trinidad in 1889. Download Tobago: The Union with Trinidad 1889-1899: Myth and Reality from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. It chronicles the path from its discovery by Columbus in 1498 through the European rivalry of the Spaniards, Dutch, French, Courlanders, (Latvians), Swedes, and British to its status as a British colony in 1814. It examines the effects of the emancipation of the slaves in 1834; the several changes to its constitution; the collapse of its economy dominated by the sugar industry and points to the conflict between the legislative and executive branches of the government as the source of its failure as a political entity. Tracing for the first time the growth of its relations with Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.