Reviewed in Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer.
From the Acknowledgements:
The Government of Dominica wish to express its profound thanks and appreciation to the undermentioned authors and respective Publishing Institutions for permitting the reproduction of their several articles in this Journal: “Aspects of Dominican History”. This invaluable gesture will be recorded in the annals of history of this country.
Authors:
(a) Prof. Joseph Borome, native of Dominica, famous historian and at present Professor of History at the City College, City University of New York, for his four articles;
(b) Mr. Douglas Taylor noted anthropologist resident in Dominica but now on the staff of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study – a man who has undertaken extensive research into the lives of our indigenous people, the Caribs, -- for his five articles;
(c) Rev. Fr. Raymond Proesmans, CSsR., resident in Dominica, authority in and custodian of our local history for several years and former Headmaster of the St. Mary’s Academy, for his “Notes on the slaves of the French”, and
(d) Dr. Cecil Goodridge, (who holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Edinburgh) a former Headmaster of the Dominica Grammar School, and now attached to the staff of the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, for his “Dominica – the French Connexion”.
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