The Caribbean The Genesis of a Fragmented Nationalism

by Knight, Franklin W.

• ISBN13: 9780195054415
• ISBN10: 0195054415
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-10-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Offering a rare pan-Caribbean perspective on a region that has moved from the very center of the western world to its periphery, The Caribbean journeys through five centuries of economic and social development, emphasizing such topics as the slave-run plantation economy, the changes inpolitical control over the centuries, the impact of the United States, and the effects of Castro's Cuban revolution on the area. The newly revised Second Edition clarifies the notions of "settler" and "exploitation" societies, makes more explicit the characteristics of state formation and theconcept of fragmented nationalism, incorporates the results of recent scholarship, expands treatment of the modern period, updates the chronology of events, and adds a number of new tables. Integrating social analysis with political narrative, The Caribbean provides a unique perspective on theproblems of nation-building in an area of dense populations, scarce resources, and an explosive political climate.

Table of Contents

Maps and Tables	xi
Introduction to the First Edition	xiii
The Political Geography of the Pre-Hispanic Caribbean	3	(24)
Settlements and Colonies	27	(39)
Patterns of Colonization in the New World	66	(22)
Imperialism and Slavery	88	(32)
Social Structure of the Plantation Society	120	(39)
Imperial Fragmentation and Colonial Social Reconstruction, 1793--1886	159	(34)
Caribbean Nation Building 1: Haiti and the Dominican Republic	193	(34)
Caribbean Nation Building 2: Cuba, 1868--1989	227	(30)
Caribbean Nation Building 3: Puerto Rico and the Ambivalent Identity	257	(18)
Caribbean Nation Building 4: The Commonwealth Caribbean	275	(32)
State and Nationalism in the Contemporary Caribbean	307	(26)
Chronology	333	(14)
A Selected Guide to the Historical Literature on the Caribbean	347	(16)
Tables	363	(12)
Index	375