Table of Contents
Introduction — Space and History
Chapter I — The Oceanographic and Geodynamic Continuum
I — The Caribbean Mediterranean
1 — A sea “situated in the midst of land”
2 — Basins and currents
3 — Winds and depressions
4 — Marine biology
II — Geodynamics
1 — General structures
2 — Plate tectonics
3 — Volcanicity and seismicity of the Cordillera arcs
4 — Palaeo-geographical reconstruction
Chapter II — Settlement and Ancient Civilizations
I — New perspectives
II — Glaciation and the human presence
1 — The continental Caribbean
2 — The insular Caribbean
III — The distribution of cultural groups
1 — Intersection
2 — Meso-American group
3 — Andean group
4 — Circum-Caribbean and Andean groups
IV — Problems and hypotheses
1 — Indigenous reconstructions
2 — Foreign contributions
V — Karib resistance
Chapter III — Colonialism and the Slavery system
I — Conquests and monopolies
1 — Shock and after-effects (1492-1561)
2 — European rivalries (1561-1763)
II — Colonial and slavery means of production
1 — The context: trade and war
2 — World markets and accumulation
III — Resistance
Chapter IV — The Destruction of the Slavery System
I — The expansion of free trade
II — Revolution and independence
1 — The Haitian Revolution
2 — Wars of independence in the Spanish Caribbean
III — The abolition of slavery and its effects
1 — The Causes
2 — The Decrees
3 — The Effects
IV — Armed struggle in Cuba
1 — The dilemma
2 — Colonial parties and the Cuban Revolutionary Party
3 — The Spanish-Cuban War
Chapter V — Contemporary crises and problems
I — Escalating threats
1 — The crisis of the sugar economy and its social consequences
2 — Political crises
3 — Education and religion
4 — The emergence of Pan-Africanism in the Caribbean
II — Struggles and recession
1 — 1939-1946
2 — 1946-1958
3 — 1958-1962
4 — 1962-1974
5 — 1974-1985
6 — 1985-1995
7 — 1995-2006
Chapter VI — Geopolitical and geo-strategic problems
II — Contemporary crises and problems
1 — The wealth of the Caribbean
2 — Drugs
3 — Economic integration
4 — Social problems
5 — Sugar industry in crisis
6 — Industrialization in underdeveloped countries
7 — Transport
II — Caribbean Mediterranean
1 — Maritime law and the exploitation of ocean resources
2 — Marine pollution
3 — International trade and aid
4 — Militarization
5 — Tourism
6 — Churches and sects
7 — Cultural proliferation
Conclusion