Theory of Plantation Economy Lloyd Best and Kari Levitt, Bryan Khan, February 25, 2010

ISBN: 978-976-640-211-2

Price: US$37 (s)

On February 25th 2010, the University of the West Indies celebrated the launch of the much anticipated – Essays On The Theory of Plantation Economy – by Lloyd Best and Kari Levitt. This publication, some four decades in the making, marks a distinct moment in the timeline of Caribbean academia, and congratulations must be related to Professor Levitt, the Estate of Lloyd Best, the publishers, the University of the West Indies, and all other entities involved in the production of the book.

Our journey throughout the history of the body of literature that is Caribbean Economic thought, and the ideology that has emerged from such, is one which had stirred the passion of many a generation of Caribbean intellectuals. It has now been many decades since Caribbean scholars have acknowledged that the theoretical explanations offered by mainstream academics have been too generalized to adequately capture the essence of the realities of the Caribbean experience. This has been a journey which has drawn on the intellectual capacities of some of the region’s greatest historians, political scientists, sociologists, and of course, economists. What is interesting to note, is that many of the major contributions to Caribbean thought are attributed to works which have blurred the lines between these different disciplines.

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