The Caribbean History Reader

The Caribbean is a region that has been at the heart of world history and global development for centuries. Despite its small geographic size, it is the lynchpin of the Atlantic economy. Further, through a series of migrations, Caribbean peopleare represented in most of the major cities of the West, and have impacted the histories of Britain, Canada, and the United States, as well as places throughout Europe and Latin America. The Caribbean History Reader provides a thorough and up-to-date overview of Caribbean history from the pre-Columbian era to the present. It brings together a range of classic and innovative articles and primary sources, to create an introduction to Caribbean political, economic, social and cultural currents, providing an important first reference point to scholars and students alike.

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Pre-Colombian Societies Chapter Two: First Encounters Chapter Three: Trade, Piracy and War Chapter Four: Sugar, the Plantation Revolution and the Development of the Slave Economy Chapter Five: Slave Society Chapter Six: Slave Resistance Chapter Seven: The Haitian Revolution Chapter Eight: Abolition and Emancipation Chapter Nine: Post-Emancipation Society and Economy Chapter Ten: Indentured Labour and Nineteenth Century Immigration Chapter Eleven: U.S. Interventions and Influences in the Early Twentieth Century Chapter Twelve: The Africanization of the Caribbean Chapter Thirteen: War, Labor and Urban Protest Chapter Fourteen: Dictatorship and Political Repression – Trujillo and Duvalier Chapter Fifteen: Decolonization in the Anglophone Caribbean and Suriname Chapter Sixteen: Politics and Society in the Non-Independent Caribbean Chapter Seventeen: The Revolutionary Caribbean – Cuba and Grenada Chapter Eighteen: Economic Diversification and Development Chapter Nineteen: Race, Identity and Politics in the Twentieth Century Chapter Twenty: Migration and Diaspora

Nicola Foote is Assistant Professor of Latin American History at Florida Gulf Coast University. She is the co-editor of Military Struggle and Identity Formation in Latin America.