Jamaica: a historical portrait

Jamaica in the age of exploration

Political life in the era of slavery

The plantation economy and international trade

The social order in the slave society

Jamaica and the antislavery crusade, 1787-1833

The fate of the freed man

The surrender of self-government, 1833-65

Economic change and development, 1833-1962

The crown colony era, 1865-1939

From Crown colony to independent nation, 1938-62

The new nation, 1962-71.