General History of the Caribbean--UNESCO, Vol. 5 The Caribbean in the Twentieth Century

Volume 5 provides an account and interpretation of the historical development of the region from around 1930 to the end of the twentieth century. Its wide ranging study of the economic, political, religious, social and cultural history of this period brings the series to the authorial present. Highlights include the 'turbulent thirties;' decolonization; the 'turn to the left' made in the 1970s by anglophone Caribbean countries; the Castro Revolution; and changes in social and demographic structures, including ethnicity and race consciousness and the role and status of women.

Bridget Brereton is Professor of History at the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine, Trinidad.

Preface--Federico Mayor * Description of the Project--Roy Augier * Introduction--Bridget Brereton * The Economic Development of the Caribbean from 1880 to 1930--Roberta Cassá * The Caribbean in the 1930s--Franklin Knight * The Caribbean in the Second World War--Claus Füllberg-Stollberg * Proletarian Movements (1940-1990)--Patrick Bryan * Decolonization, Populist Movements and the Formation of New Nations 1945-1970--James Millette * African and Indian Consciousness--Tony Martin * The Cuban Revolution and Its Impact on the Caribbean--Marifeli Pérez-Stable * Political Processes in the Caribbean 1970s to 2000--Anthony P. Maingot * The Forces of Regional Co-Operation, 1942-97--Antonio Gaztambide-Géigel * Demographic and Social Structural Changes in the Contemporary Caribbean--Fe Iglesias García * The Migration Experience--Bonham C. Richardson * The Changing Status of Women in the Contemporary Caribbean--Alice Colón and Rhoda Reddock * The Caribbean Family: Continuity and Transformation--Raymond T. Smith * Ideology, Identity, Culture--Rex Nettleford * Religion, Myths and Belief: Their Socio-political Roles--Robert J. Stewart * Education in the Caribbean 1930-90--Carl Campbell * The Quality of Life in the Twentieth-century Caribbean--Bonham C. Richardson & Joseph L. Scarpeci Preface--Federico Mayor * Description of the Project--Roy Augier * Introduction--Bridget Brereton * The Economic Development of the Caribbean from 1880 to 1930--Roberta Cassá * The Caribbean in the 1930s--Franklin Knight * The Caribbean in the Second World War--Claus Füllberg-Stollberg * Proletarian Movements (1940-1990)--Patrick Bryan * Decolonization, Populist Movements and the Formation of New Nations 1945-1970--James Millette * African and Indian Consciousness--Tony Martin * The Cuban Revolution and Its Impact on the Caribbean--Marifeli Pérez-Stable * Political Processes in the Caribbean 1970s to 2000--Anthony P. Maingot * The Forces of Regional Co-Operation, 1942-97--Antonio Gaztambide-Géigel * Demographic and Social Structural Changes in the Contemporary Caribbean--Fe Iglesias García * The Migration Experience--Bonham C. Richardson * The Changing Status of Women in the Contemporary Caribbean--Alice Colón and Rhoda Reddock * The Caribbean Family: Continuity and Transformation--Raymond T. Smith * Ideology, Identity, Culture--Rex Nettleford * Religion, Myths and Belief: Their Socio-political Roles--Robert J. Stewart * Education in the Caribbean 1930-90--Carl Campbell * The Quality of Life in the Twentieth-century Caribbean--Bonham C. Richardson & Joseph L. Scarpeci