Description: "For centuries, the Caribbean has been centered in the crosscurrents of global transformations. From the emergence of racial slavery and plantation agriculture to foreign military occupation and radical interventions, the Atlantic world has been deeply shaped by European and U.S. imperialism. But the Caribbean is also a place where people--through contestation, innovation, global migration, and some of history's most dramatic revolutions--have created alternatives to those imposed by their rulers"--
Brief description: Laurent Dubois, author of Haiti: The Aftershocks of History and A Colony of Citizens, among other books, is John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy at the University of Virginia.
Review Quotes: "Laurent Dubois and Richard Lee Turits offer an impeccably written and skillfully organized history of the Caribbean. . . . The book's nuance and readable style means it will appeal to both specialists and nonspecialists. . . . Impressive."--Journal of African American History