Caribbean West Indies category: 1060 books

Havana is the capital of Cuba and is one of the Caribbean’s largest and most exciting cities. The city is divided into the districts of Old Havana, Havana Central, Vedado and Miramar. Havana is a Caribbean centre for trade and commerce with Cuban cigars being its most famous export. More than a...

Up until a few years ago, St. Kitts and Nevis were the type of islands that tourists delighted in discovering. Seemingly untouched by modern times, they seemed like the old Caribbean small, intimate hotels, pristine beaches, uncluttered roads, with acres of cane fields and rainforests dominating the...

The best places to stay and eat in Jamaica are described here, with abundant pictures, often little-known except by celebrities and the wealthiest travelers. "This is more than just your run of the mill travel book--this is a guide to fantasy. Whether you want to share elbow room in the playgrounds...

Bradt's Dominica is the only standalone guide available to this Caribbean nature island, a place of unbridled, off-the-beaten-path adventure and discovery. Author Paul Crask has lived on Dominica for over ten years and his guide, considered by many to be a traveller's bible to the island, is rich...

  Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the beautiful island of Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe, sometimes known as the Butterfly Island, on account of the shape of two of its major islands, is a group of islands in the eastern Caribbean, and is a French overseas department....

The Bahamas in the Caribbean was colonized by the British and discovered by Columbus. It is a world of ‘shallow seas’ and is a well known holiday destination. Placed between Haiti and Florida, the Bahamas is a delightful place of cays, beaches and stunning islands and is visited by Europeans and...

In this moving microhistory of nineteenth-century Haiti and Jamaica, Matthew J. Smith details the intimate connections that illuminate the conjoined histories of both places after slavery. The frequent movement of people between Haiti and Jamaica in the decades following emancipation in the British...

In Caribbean Tourism, Jean Holder tells the story of how, when, why and whence tourism was introduced into the region and why its journey has been a turbulent one. In spite of current challenges, the tourist industry is resilient and the Caribbean's best hope for continued development.

  Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the Caribbean paradise of  St Barts.  Long considered a playground of the rich and famous, St. Barts is known for its beautiful beaches, gourmet dining and high-end designer shopping. Frequent visitors and property owners ...

Here are details on the best places to stay in the Virgin Islands, often little-known except by celebrities and the wealthiest travelers. "This is more than just your run of the mill travel book--this is a guide to fantasy. Whether you want to share elbow room in the playgrounds of the rich and famous,...

Through Creole houses and merchant stores to sugar fields and boiling houses, Jamaica played a leading role in the formation of both the early modern Atlantic world and the British Empire. Architecture and Empire in Jamaica offers the first scholarly analysis of Jamaican architecture in the long 18th...

This work is a collection of selected essays which illustrate the historical and continuing efforts in the various spheres of human endeavour in the Caribbean,including culture, education, language, social organization, gender and politics - notwithstanding the constraints placed on Caribbean people by the legacies of slavery and colonialism - to finish the business of emancipation.

Bahamas is a party to the North American continent, which is often described as the jewel of the Caribbean. They occupy an area of ​​13,940 square kilometres the islands are located in close proximity to the mainland by a strait separating the only Florida. Located 45 km away from the Turks &...

Provide students with a solid foundation in Caribbean history and encourage social studies skills, with an active approach to the study of social history for Lower Secondary. - Ensure full coverage with content spanning history from ancient civilisations to more recent 21st Century events. -...