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Preface to the Second Edition Vera Rubin ix
Preface Vera Rubin 1
Plantation America: A Culture Sphere Charles Wagley 3
Man-Land Relations in the Caribbean Area Preston E. James 14
Discussion Jean Gottmann 20
Contemporary Social-Rural Types in the
Caribbean Region Elena Padilla 22
Discussion Edgar T. Thompson 29
The African Heritage in the Caribbean M. G. Smith 34
Discussion George E. Simpson &
Peter B. Hammond 46
Race Relations in Caribbean Society Eric Williams 54
Discussion Frank Tannenbaum 60
The Family in the Caribbean Raymond T. Smith 67
Discussion John V. Murra 75
Methods of Community-Analysis in the
Caribbean Robert A. Manners 80
Discussion Conrad M. Arensberg 92
The Present Status of the Social Sciences in
the British Caribbean Lloyd Braithwaite 99
Cultural Perspectives in Caribbean Research Vera Rubin 110
Notes on Contributors 123
Vera Dourmashkin Rubin was born in Moscow on August 6, 1911. She came to the United States in 1912 with her father, a journalist, She lived with her father, his brother, a physician, and her aunt who raised her in a Jewish community on New York's Lower Eastside. In 1930, Rubin graduated summa cum laude from New York University with a major in French Literature. While caring for two children, she continued her studies at Columbia University. She studied anthropology with Ruth Benedict, Julian Steward, and Margaret Mead who became a lifelong friend. She received the doctorate in anthropology in 1952.
