Economic History of the Caribbean since the Napoleonic Wars

This book examines the economic history of the Caribbean in the two hundred years since the Napoleonic Wars and is the first analysis to span the whole region. It is divided into three parts, each centered around a particular case study: the first focuses on the nineteenth century (''The Age of Free Trade''); the second considers the period up to 1960 (''The Age of Preferences''); and the final se...