Ideology, Regionalism, and Society in Caribbean History

Shane J. Pantin is a graduate of the Department of History and the Faculty of Law at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.Jerome Teelucksingh is a Lecturer in the Department of History at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

• 1. Introduction.- I. The Mechanics of Regionalism.- 2. The Masses Speak: Popular Perspectives on the West Indian Federation.- 3. Promotion of the West Indies Federation: The Federal Information Service, 1957-1961.- 4. Regional Integration and the Problems of Caribbean and National History.- II. Ideology and Governance.- 5. "The most striking West Indian creation between the wars": C. L. R. James, the International African Service Bureau and Militant Pan-Africanism in Imperial Britain.- 6. New Beginning Movement: Coordinating Council of Revolutionary Alternatives for Trinidad and the Caribbean.- 7. Sir Rawson William Rawson: Governor of Barbaos, 1869–1875.- 8. Challenging a "Strategy of Imperialism": Chaguaramas and the Quest for American Security.- III. Caribbean Society: Cuisine and Culture.- 9. "We are what we eat": The Place of Food in the Caribbean.- 10. Carnival Celebrations in Trinidad and Tobago and Abroad: Cultural Diplomacy in Action/Practice.

“Ideology, Regionalism, and Society in Caribbean History is seminal in its multi-polar approach to understanding the historical, political and social dynamics that shape a region. … Editors Shane J. Pantin and Jerome Teelucksingh have presented an eclectic array of themes on the Caribbean ethos – a must read for students and policy makers. No doubt, they invite additional discourse and research toward viable integration and self-determination.” (Dr. Glenville Ashby, Kaieteur News, kaieteurnewsonline.com, October, 2017)