A Concise History of the Caribbean (Cambridge Concise Histories)
"A first-rate interpretive overview that at present has no equal, by a master historian and insightful scholar."David Barry Gaspar, Duke University"This is the best short general history available on the Caribbean, covering the area with magisterial authority as well as enviable comprehensiveness and competence."Franklin W. Knight, Johns Hopkins University"An excellent comparative history by a leading historian of the Caribbean ... a perceptive analysis of West Indian people and their environment from ancient times to the present."Kenneth Morgan, Brunel University"In this fast-paced, compact text, the prolific B. W. Higman chronicles familiar and new life-changing episodes in the history of those who settled voluntarily or involuntarily in the complex space we call the Caribbean."Verene A. Shepherd, Professor of Social History and University Director, Institute of Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies"... a lively, well-written, and thorough work that will be useful to students, to scholars wishing to catch up on the history of this region, and - it is hoped - to the general reader."Asa McKercher, Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire