Main Currents in Caribbean Thought: The Historical Evolution of Caribbean Society in Its Ideological Aspects, 1492–1900

Lewis, Gordon K. Main Currents in Caribbean Thought: The Historical Evolution of Caribbean Society in Its Ideological Aspects, 1492–1900, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983. [two copies / one autographed by author]

Reviewed in Social and Economic Studies © 1985.

Reviewed in Nieuwe West-Indische Gids / New West Indian Guide © 1984.

Reviewed in The Americas © 1985.

Substantial overview of dominant political ideologies in the Caribbean. Focuses on ideas of discovery and conquest as well as on critical responses to them, proslavery and antislavery ideologies, and the growth of nationalism in the region.