"Encompassing the coastlines that surround the Caribbean Sea as well as some 7,000 islands, islets and reefs, and gifted with a great variety of regional culture, language, cuisine and architecture, 'the Caribbean' defies easy analysis. In The Contemporary Caribbean Olwyn M. Blouet meets the challenge, providing an authoritative overview of this exuberant yet troubled part of the world since the end of World War Two."--Jacket
