A Short History Of The West Indies With Plates Including Maps And A Bibliography

"Most of the inhabitants of the West Indies migrated or were transported there from the Old World, and brought with them their own religious beliefs, languages and social customs. Their history is a rich and colorful one, but hitherto it has been chronicled chiefly as an appendix to other histories -- in terms of the strong political, economic and social ties of the West Indies with Europe, and in the light of influences exerted by the neighboring American mainland. This present work is especially valuable in that it provides an authoritative and illuminating introduction to West Indian history proper up to modern times -- a history which far from being any longer a minor theme in the story of other nations, is today recognized to be of great importance and worthy of detailed study in its own right. The book deals not only with the peoples, but with their physical surroundings also, including the wide variety of animals and plants. The illustrations consist of sixteen art plates. Since the first publication of A Short History of the West Indies, major political changes have taken place in the Caribbean area. The first edition was published in 1958. The second edition traced the story to the summer of 1962, the eve of the missile crisis. The third edition brings the account up to 1970, describing a decade of dramatic change, including the virtual end of British rule in the Caribbean ; the independence of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago ; Castro's consolidation of the Cuban revolution ; the triumph of the pro-statehood party, the New Progressive Party, in Puerto Rico ; the emergence of Black Power groups, and national efforts at regional co-operation."--Page 4 of cover.

This is one of the most valuable books in the armoury of the serious student of British Military history. It is a new and revised edition of Arthur White's much sought-after bibliography of regimental, battalion and other histories of all regiments and Corps that have ever existed in the British Army. This new edition includes an enlarged addendum to that given in the 1988 reprint. It is, quite simply, indispensible.