132 p, Contents: The Caribbean, crossroads of the Americas / Rex Nettleford -- The Caribbean before and after Columbus / Karl Watson -- Kalinago (Carib) resistance to the European invasion / Hilary Beckles -- The British West Indies economy and the industrial capitalist revolution, 1775-1846 / Selwyn Carrington -- Independence and the persistence of colonialism in the Caribbean / Bridget Brereton -- European stereotypes and the position of women in the Caribbean : an historical overview / Kathleen Phillips-Lewis -- The Caribbean intellectual and western education / George Lamming -- The collapse of the Soviet system : implications for the Caribbean left / George Belle -- Europe 1992 : implications for the Caribbean / Pat Thompson