Machine generated contents note: 1. A history of islands; 2. Ancient archipelago, 7200 BP-AD 1492; 3. Columbian cataclysm, 1492-1630; 4. Plantation peoples, 1630-1770; 5. Rebels and revolutionaries, 1770-1870; 6. Democrats and dictators, 1870-1945; 7. The Caribbean since 1945; 8. Canoe, caravel, container ship.
A concise history of the Caribbean by B. W. Higman. ISBN 9780521043489. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.