The Caribbean World

The Caribbean World provides a comprehensive introduction to the region. Drawing principally on anthropology and the humanistic social sciences, this volume aims to highlight the diversity of the region–-its peoples, institutions, and histories–while gesturing to the common heritage and unsung unity of a region birthed out of violence and dispossession. The contributors to this volume provide intimate case studies of a range of topics, including:

• The Greater Antilles
• The Caribbean Coast
• The Interior
• The smallest islands of the archipelago
• Indigeneity, Genocide
• Plantation Slavery, Indenture Colonial Violence, and Anti-colonial Revolt Sovereignty
• Citizenship, Law, and Politics
• Religion and Ritual
• Gender and Kinship
• The Environment.

By convening an internationally renowned cohort of authors from the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, and Europe, this volume is intended to remain a touchstone for future generations of scholars and a mainstay on undergraduate and graduate curricula as an introduction to the field.