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45 Books in the HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General Category

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Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History

Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History
Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis

Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis
Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History

Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History
Race First: The Ideological and Organizational Struggles of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association

Race First: The Ideological and Organizational Struggles of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association
The Housing Lark

The Housing Lark
High Mas: Carnival and the Poetics of Caribbean Culture

High Mas: Carnival and the Poetics of Caribbean Culture
The Young C.L.R. James: A Graphic Novelette

The Young C.L.R. James: A Graphic Novelette
Inward Yearnings: Jamaica’s Journey to Nationhood

Inward Yearnings: Jamaica’s Journey to Nationhood
The First Black Slave Society: Britain’s Barbarity Time in Barbados, 1636-1876

The First Black Slave Society: Britain’s Barbarity Time in Barbados, 1636-1876
Transformations of Freedom in the Land of the Maroons: Creolization in the Cockpits Jamaica

Transformations of Freedom in the Land of the Maroons: Creolization in the Cockpits Jamaica
Huareo: Story of a Jamaican Cacique

Huareo: Story of a Jamaican Cacique
Grenada: Revolution and Invasion

Grenada: Revolution and Invasion
A Reader in African-Jamaican Music Dance and Religion

A Reader in African-Jamaican Music Dance and Religion
Dying to Better Themselves: West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal

Dying to Better Themselves: West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal
The Creole Affair: The Slave Rebellion That Led the U.S. and Great Britain to the Brink of War

The Creole Affair: The Slave Rebellion That Led the U.S. and Great Britain to the Brink of War
Caribbean Spaces: Escapes from Twilight Zone

Caribbean Spaces: Escapes from Twilight Zone
Britain’s Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide

Britain’s Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide
Sugar in the Blood: A Family’s Story of Slavery and Empire

Sugar in the Blood: A Family’s Story of Slavery and Empire
Anansi’s Journey: A Story of Jamaican Cultural Resistance

Anansi’s Journey: A Story of Jamaican Cultural Resistance
Radical Theory, Caribbean Reality: Race, Class and Social Domination

Radical Theory, Caribbean Reality: Race, Class and Social Domination
Women in Grenadian History, 1783-1983

Women in Grenadian History, 1783-1983
Enjoying Power: Eugenia Charles and Political Leadership in the Commonwealth Caribbean

Enjoying Power: Eugenia Charles and Political Leadership in the Commonwealth Caribbean
The African Caribbean Worldview and the Making of Caribbean Society: History, Biology, Culture

The African Caribbean Worldview and the Making of Caribbean Society: History, Biology, Culture
Cold War in a Hot Zone: The United States Confronts Labor and Independence Struggles in the British West Indies

Cold War in a Hot Zone: The United States Confronts Labor and Independence Struggles in the British West Indies
An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President

An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President
A History of Barbados: From Amerindian Settlement to Caribbean Single Market

A History of Barbados: From Amerindian Settlement to Caribbean Single Market
Freedoms Won: Caribbean Emancipations, Ethnicities and Nationhood

Freedoms Won: Caribbean Emancipations, Ethnicities and Nationhood
Inward Hunger: The Education Of A Prime Minister

Inward Hunger: The Education Of A Prime Minister
The Development of Creole Society, 1770-1820

The Development of Creole Society, 1770-1820
Liberties Lost: The Indigenous Caribbean and Slave Systems

Liberties Lost: The Indigenous Caribbean and Slave Systems
Chattel House Blues: Making of a Democratic Society in Barbados, from Clement Payne to Owen Arthur

Chattel House Blues: Making of a Democratic Society in Barbados, from Clement Payne to Owen Arthur
Encyclopedia Of Jamaican Heritage

Encyclopedia Of Jamaican Heritage
Modern Political Culture in the Caribbean

Modern Political Culture in the Caribbean
Central Africa in the Caribbean: Transcending Space, Transforming Culture

Central Africa in the Caribbean: Transcending Space, Transforming Culture
The First West Indies Cricket Tour: Canada and the United States in 1886

The First West Indies Cricket Tour: Canada and the United States in 1886
Narratives of Resistance: Jamaica, Trinidad, the Caribbean

Narratives of Resistance: Jamaica, Trinidad, the Caribbean
The Mother of Us All: A History of Queen Nanny, Leader of the Windward Jamaican Maroons

The Mother of Us All: A History of Queen Nanny, Leader of the Windward Jamaican Maroons
A Small Place

A Small Place
Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868-1898

Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868-1898
Eric E. Williams Speaks: Essays On Colonialism And Independence

Eric E. Williams Speaks: Essays On Colonialism And Independence
History Of The People Of Trinidad & Tobago

History Of The People Of Trinidad & Tobago
Cultivation and Culture: Labor and the Shaping of Slave Life in the Americas

Cultivation and Culture: Labor and the Shaping of Slave Life in the Americas
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
From Columbus To Castro: The History Of The Caribbean 1492-1969

From Columbus To Castro: The History Of The Caribbean 1492-1969
A History of the Upper Guinea Coast: 1545-1800 (Monthly Review Press Classic Titles)

A History of the Upper Guinea Coast: 1545-1800 (Monthly Review Press Classic Titles)