A Concise History of the Caribbean

I believe A Concise History of the Caribbean by B.W. Higman is a useful read in conjunction with Frank Moya Pons's book I recently reviewed. While the latter emphasizes economic history and the plantation system, Higman offers a much more informative and enlightening introductory chapter on the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean while offering a much broader history of the Caribbean that encompasses, social history, creolization, slavery, resistance, and coverage of the Caribbean after 1945 (Frank Moya Pons concludes his analysis at 1930). So, when read together, both books offer very accessible and informative general histories of the Caribbean. Furthermore, Frank Moya Pons's obvious specialization in the Dominican Republic and Spanish Caribbean is balanced by Higman's background in the Anglophone West Indies, thereby bridging together the archipelago.