The economic history of the Caribbean since the Napoleonic wars / Victor Bulmer- Thomas.

List of figures, x -- List of tables, xv -- Preface, xvii -- List of abbreviations, xix -- 1. Introduction, 1 -- Part 1. The Caribbean in the age of free trade: From the Napoleonic wars 1900 -- 2. The core and the Caribbean, 21 -- 3. From scarce o surplus labour in the Caribbean, 46 -- 4. Global commodity trade and its implications for the Caribbean, 77 -- 5. Caribbean foreign trade, 104 -- 6. The domestic economy in the Caribbean, 133 -- 7. Haiti: From independence to US occupation, 160 -- Part II. The Caribbean in the age of preferences: From 1990 to 1960 -- 8. The core and the Caribbean, 197 -- 9. Caribbean foreign trade, 228 -- 10. The Caribbean domestic economy, 237 -- 11. The rise, decline and fall of the Belizean economy before independence, 285 -- Part III. The Caribbean in the age of globalization: from 1960 to the present -- 12. The core and the Caribbean, 321 -- 13. Structural change in the Caribbean, 353 -- 14. Import substitution, manufacturing export promotion and regional integration in the Caribbean, 378 -- 15. Caribbean economic performance, 401 -- 16. The Cuban economy since the revolution, 430 -- Statistical appendix, 463 -- Notes on A tables, 467 -- Notes on B tables, 537 -- Notes on C tables, 556 -- Notes on D tables, 602 -- Bibliography, 649 -- Index, 683.