Perspectives on Caribbean Law
A Compendium of Legal Essays
Edited by Shazeeda Ali and Stephen Vasciannie

Perspectives on Caribbean Law celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies with an expertly curated anthology, featuring twelve insightful chapters that explore the broad scope of legal scholarship in the Caribbean. Authored by a mix of emerging and established academics who have been part of MonaLaw at various stages of its evolution, these essays provide a comprehensive view of national, regional and international challenges, contributing significantly to the academic discourse surrounding Caribbean law.

Near a Plantation
Free Villages in Barbados, 1905-1945
by Woodville Marshall

The book is an attempt to show that, contrary to general belief, free villages were established in Barbados soon after the end of the Apprenticeship in 1838. The term “free villages” is employed in the way that it was coined by its author, William Knibb, Baptist missionary in Jamaica.

Island Cultures and Festivals

A Creative Ecosystem

Edited by Evangelia Papoutsaki and Sonjah Stanley Niaah

Series: Sound Culture Series

A timely contribution to the corpus of island studies scholarship, this collection centres key components of island cultural studies. It emerges from the jointly organized 15th International Small Island Cultures (ISIC) conference staged at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus (2018), and contains selected papers that shine a spotlight on the rich cultural field of island music, art festivals and the creative ecosystem in which they find support. With an interdisciplinary focus, this volume also aims at promoting a critical research agenda for island studies in general. This edited collection is a must read for cultural enthusiasts, students and researchers, as well as entertainment and industry professionals.

Journal of Caribbean History
Volume 58 Issue 2
Editor: Professor Kathleen E. A. Monteith

Featuring:

• Indigenous Inter-island Routes of Travel: The Pre-Columbian Bahamas, A Regional Case Study by Alvieri Rocca

• No Dollar Too Dark: Piracy, Privateering and Illicit Trade on St Eustatius, 1816–1830 by Ryan Espersen

• Prelude to Imperialism: Puerto Rico and the United States, 1895 – 1898 by Cristóbal S. Berry-Cabán

and many more.

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Caribbean Quarterly Volume 69 Issue 1

Remembering

Editor: Kim Robinson-Walcott, PhD

Featuring:

• The Cunny Louise Bennett: Values and Craft by Mervyn Morris
• Praise Song for Rohlehr: A Compilation of Tributes by Paula Morgan
• “If You Don’t Make Money, Then You Don’t Make Sense”: Representing Legacies of Wealth in Recent Jamaican Dancehall Music by Nicole A. Plummer and Erin C. MacLeod

and much more.