Migration and development in the Caribbean : the unexplored connection /

The single best volume to date on a subject of major significance to both the Caribbean region and the US. The essays are uniformly insightful, well written, thoroughly researched, substantially supported by documentation, provocative, and challenging. Case studies range across the region, from Belize to Trinidad, and include Panama and Costa Rica. Large islands, such as Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Trinidad, get as much attention as small islands, such as St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and Grenada. Although reference is made to Cuba and Puerto Rico, no detailed treatment of them is offered. Given the wealth of available data on those two islands, the omission is quite understandable. The essays range widely across disciplines. Footnotes are full and thorough. There is a list of attendees at both conferences where the topic was explored, as well as descriptive information on the principal authors. Most of the essays combine historical background with policy implications. Specific attempts to relate migration to various aspects of development are explored by several papers. Highly recommended for all academic and major public libraries.-F.W. Knight, Johns Hopkins University