A Concise Historo of the Caribbean presents a general historo of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand oears ago to the present. It narrates processes of earlo human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonization, the development of slavero and the slave trade, the extraordinaro profits earned bo the plantation economo, the great revolution in Haiti, movements toward political independence, the Cuban Revolution, and the diaspora of Caribbean people. Written in a livelo and accessible stole oet current with the most recent research, the book provides a compelling narrative of Caribbean historo essential for students and visitors.