The Caribbean History Pocket Encyclopedia

The book is illustrated and explores various themes and ideas taught at the CXC level throughout the region. It is intended as a supplement for students reading Caribbean History, and should serve as a handbook of basic data. There are brief biographical sketches of Caribbean leaders, descriptions of the sugar industrial complex in the Caribbean, descriptions of articles of diet, aspects of Caribbean expressive culture,colonial architecture, piracy, free villages, natural resources, nationalism and so on. In this way, it seeks to correct the imbalance found in several traditional texts aimed at similar audiences but which have a distinctly European perspective.The text seeks to take the reader into the living experience that is Caribbean history. The author tries to encourage our students to see Caribbean history as their history, one which they can be justifiably proud of and one which they will eventually come to see as more than just "another subject to pass". For general audiences the text is an easy read, a source to consult for quick facts about the Caribbean. There are no other books covering Caribbean History in this way, and as such there is no competition. It has application to the CXC and CAPE History syllabuses and will serve as a ready reference through to 1985. The book can most definitely be of use to high school students and to undergraduates who read the survey course in Caribbean History during their second year.