A Study On The Historiography Of The British West Indies

Goveia, Elsa V., A Study On The Historiography Of The British West Indies To The End Of The Nineteenth Century, Mexico City, 1956, Comisión de Historia, Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia, Historiografías II. (2 copies)

Reviewed in The Journal of Economic History © 1981.

Cuban re-issue reviewed in Caribbean Studies © 1988.

See also A Tribute to Elsa V. Goveia, in Caribbean Quarterly © 1984.

From the foreword:

This study on the historiography of the British West Indies is based upon the printed histories available in the libraries of the University College of the West Indies and of the Institute of Jamaica. Only a few of the histories mentioned in the text, for instance Joseph's History of Trinidad, were not available for consultation; and, in such cases, I have had to rely on the authority of other writers for a judgement of the work. In most cases, the assessment of the various writers is my own.