Caribbean

Gad Heuman is Professor Emeritus in the History Department and is a past Director of the Centre for Caribbean Studies at the University of Warwick, UK.

• Preface 1. The Amerindians and European Patterns of Settlement 2. Sugar and Slavery 3. Slavery, Work and the Slaves' Economy 4. Neither Black Nor White 5. The World the Planters Made 6. Slave Resistance: Africans, Maroons and Women 7. The Haitian Revolution 8. The Abolition Debates 9. Race, Racism and Equality 10. From Slavery to Freedom 11. Riots and Resistance in the Aftermath of Emancipation 12. The Africanization of the Caribbean 13. The American Century 14. Labour Protests and the 1930s 15. The Revolutionary Caribbean 16. Contemporary Themes 17. The Cultures of the Caribbean Suggestions for Further ReadingBibliography Index

Gad Heuman's short study of Caribbean history and culture from the Columbian conquest to the present day is easily the best brief introduction to this fascinating region. This new second edition is most welcome. It adds significant new sections on indigenous Caribbean societies and on culture and politics in the modern Caribbean as well as astute updates on traditional topics like plantation, slavery and decolonization. Highly recommended.