... items, 45 are contributed by West Indians (mostly Trinidadians and Jamaicans) and 27 by non-West Indians (mostly North American and British). This is a decent start but, given the significant amount of academic production from the various campuses of the University of the West Indies and from...

... for the popular reader. West of the West has other merits. It is well written, and the selection of topics is interesting in some respects. For example, the authors have endeavored to paint the history of California before the Gold Rush in the broad sweep of a Russian account, an English account...

... occurrences alone that a correct judgment is formed of men and things” (Vol. I, pp. ix,x). Copyright 1973 by Duke University Press 1973 Notes on the West Indies: Written During the Expedition under the Command of the Late General Sir Ralph Abercromby: Including Observations on the Island...

...Arturo Santana A Short History of the West Indies . By Parry J. H. and Sherlock P. M. . London , 1956 . Macmillan. New York. St. Martin’s Press . Illustrations. Maps. Index . Pp. xii , 316 . $5.00 . Copyright 1957 by Duke University Press 1957 ...

...Elsa V. Goveia History of the British West Indies . By Burns Sir Alan . London , 1954 . George Allen & Unwin, Ltd . Distributed in U. S. by Macmillan Company . Maps. Appendices. Indexes . Pp. 821 . $12 . Copyright 1955 by Duke University Press 1955 ...

...A. J. G. Knox The West Indies Federation: Perspectives on a New Nation . Edited by Lowenthal David . New York , 1961 . Columbia University Press . American Geographical Society Research Series Number 23 . Map. Tables. Bibliography. Index . Pp. viii , 142 . $3.00 . Copyright...

...Donald E. Worcester Tularosa. Last of the Frontier West . By Sonnichsen C. L. . New York , 1960 . The Devin-Adair Company . Notes. Sources. Index . Pp. 316 . $6.00 . Copyright 1961 by Duke University Press 1961 ...

...William Ebenstein Spain and Defense of the West: Ally and Liability . By Whitaker Arthur P. . New York , 1961 . Harper & Brothers . Council on Foreign Relations . Maps. Tables. Bibliographical Note. Index . Pp. xviii , 408 . $6.00 . Copyright 1961 by Duke University...

...Lowell Ragatz A Selective Guide to the English Literature on the Netherlands West Indies, with a Supplement on British Guiana . By Hiss Philip Hanson . [ Booklets of the Netherlands Information Bureau .] ( New York : Netherlands Information Bureau, 10 Rockefeller Plaza , 1943 . Pp...

...Raphael Folsom The War for Mexico’s West: Indians and Spaniards in New Galicia, 1524 – 1550 . By Altman Ida . Diálogos . Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press , 2010 . Illustrations. Map. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index . xx , 340 pp. Paper , $28.95 . Copyright...

...Michele A. Johnson Igniting the Caribbean’s Past: Fire in British West Indian History . By Richardson Bonham C. . Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press , 2004 . Photographs. Illustration. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xvi , 233 pp. Cloth , $71.95 . Paper...

...Malcolm Ebright Translating Property: The Maxwell Land Grant and the Conflict over Land in the American West, 1840–1900 . By Montoya María E. . Berkeley : University of California Press , 2002 . Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xvi , 299 pp...

...Seymour Drescher Slave Traffic in the Age of Abolition: Puerto Rico, West Africa, and the Non-Hispanic Caribbean, 1815–1859 . By Dorsey Joseph C. . Gainesville : University Press of Florida , 2003 . Maps. Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xvii , 311 pp. Cloth...

... ideology and worldview more convincing. For example, despite ostensibly focusing on the British West Indies, a surprising number of the sources meant to bolster claims about English understandings of the Caribbean are about other New World locales, like Virginia, or by non-British authors and artists...

...Steven Topik The Other West: Latin America from Invasion to Globalization . By Carmagnani Marcello . Translated by Giammanco Frongia Rosanna M. . Berkeley : University of California Press , 2011 . Maps. Bibliography. Index. xi, 316 pp. Paper , $28.95 . Copyright © 2014...

...Frederic Cople Jaher The Jews and the Expansion of Europe to the West, 1450–1800 . Edited by Bernardini Paolo and Fiering Norman . European Expansion and Global Interaction , vol. 2 . Oxford : Berghahn Books , 2001 . Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Tables. Notes. Indexes...

...Karl Jacoby The Natural West: Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains . By Flores Dan . Norman : University of Oklahoma Press , 2001 . Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index . x , 285 pp. Cloth , $29.95 . Copyright 2002...

... the West, reinterpreted the Gospel, or rejected consumerism and modernity. Illich argued that it was better for Latin American Catholics to do without priests rather than face exposure to American values. But Hartch posits that maybe Catholics in Latin America didn't want to be on the margins...

...Charles L. Stansifer West Indian Workers and the United Fruit Company in Costa Rica, 1870-1940 . By Chomsky Aviva . Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press , 1996 . Map. Graphs. Tables. Bibliography. Index . xv , 302 pp. Cloth . $35.00 . Copyright 1997 by Duke...

...Patricia Seed The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763 . By Mapp Paul W. . Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press ; Williamsburg, VA : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture , 2011 . Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Index. xx, 455 pp. Cloth...