The Netherlands, French and British Areas of the Caribbean

Institute of Caribbean Studies, The Netherlands, French and British Areas of the Caribbean, (Study done for the United States-Puerto Rico Commission on the Status of Puerto Rico), Rio Piedras: University of Puerto Rico, January, 1966.(2 copies)

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Table of Contents:

Preface.

Map of the Caribbean.

I. Overview and Summary, by Thomas G. Mathews.

II. Country Papers:

A. The Netherlands.
1. The economic background of the Netherlands Antilles, by Fuat M. Andic, Suphan Andic & Gregorio F. Tromp (assistant)
2. The economic background of Surinam, by Fuat M. Andic & Suphan Andic
3. The Charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, by Thomas G. Mathews
4. The government and politics of the Netherlands Antilles, by Thomas G. Mathews
5. The political conditions in Surinam, by Thomas G. Mathews & Tjark Petzoldt (consultant)

B. France.
1. The economic background of the French Antilles, by Fuat M. Andic & Suphan Andic
2. The political status of the French Caribbean, by Gérard Latortue & Annette J. Biscombe (translator)

C. Great Britain.
1. Jamaica, Trinidad-Tobago, and the British West Indies, by Thomas G. Mathews
2. Prospects for Federation in the British Leeward and Windward Islands, by M.S. Joshua & Annette J. Biscombe

Selected Bibliography.

From Dr. Thomas G. Mathews’ Preface:

The Institute of Caribbean Studies was established by the University of Puerto Rico in 1958 as a center for study and research. Although administratively a part of the University’s Faculty of the Social Sciences, the Institute is also active in the fields of the humanities and education. The objectives of the Institute of Caribbean Studies are (1) to encourage, support and serve as a center for scholarly research and exchange in the Caribbean; (2) to give disciplinary training to Caribbean specialists; (3) to stimulate interest in the Caribbean among university students, both Puerto Rican and visiting, offering them preliminary training and, when possible supporting them in advanced studies. The work of the Institute is supported in part by a grant from the Ford Foundation for the period 1963 – 1968.