Provides a clear and readable account ofa formative period in the history of the region. The text is divided into two halves: the first half looks at the struct

"Jamaica's rich history has been the subject of many books, articles and papers. This collection of eighteen original essays considers aspects of Jamaican histo

This volume looks at the ways historians have written the history of the region, depending upon their methods of interpretation and differing styles of communic

From Miss Lou to Bob Marley and Usain Bolt to Kamala Harris, Jamaica has had an outsized reach in global mainstream culture. Yet many of its most important hist