West Indian Nationhood and Caribbean Integration

Demas, William G., West Indian Nationhood and Caribbean Integration, Barbados: CCC Publishing House, 1974.

From the Foreword:

The fundamental thesis about Caribbean integration which I have always held is that the English-speaking Caribbean countries, because of their relatively small size and relatively weak and dependent economies, should consolidate themselves into as tight and coherent a grouping as possible so that they could cooperate economically and in other ways with the bigger countries with stronger economies of both the Caribbean Sea and the wider « Caribbean Basin » on terms that would be less unequal and more self-respecting for the West Indian peoples, than would be the case if each West Indian country sought to develop bilateral relationships with such countries, with the risk of getting involved in new forms of external dependence.

Table of Contents :

Foreword

1. Development, Identity and Unity in the Caribbean

2. The Road to West Indian Nationhood

3. "Power to the West Indian People"

4. What is the Caribbean Community ?

5. Some Thoughts on the Caribbean Community