1) Discuss the impact of the Haitian Revolution as well as the Cuban Revolution of 1959 across Caribbean countries. Did the other countries follow the same path, what obstacles did they have?
2) Neocolonialism and its relevance in today’s Caribbean societies.
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For Thread 4: Caribbean Economic Dependency, think of the following points (but you can also talk about other things!)
Richardson, Bonham. (1992). “The American Century.” In The Caribbean in the wider world, 1492-1992. Cambridge University Press: 78-105.
1) The different types of economies and political systems across the Caribbean. What economy in general runs the Caribbean and how does it work? Think about Jamaica in comparison to Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Haiti, for example.
2) Neocolonialism and its relevance in today’s Caribbean societies.
3) The impact of the Panama Canal in the Caribbean.
