This magisterial survey of the historical geography of the West
Indies is at bottom concerned with the causes and consequences of
three complex and inter-related phenomena: the rapid and total
removal of a large aboriginal population; the development of
plantation agriculture and the arrival of enforced labour, in the
form of many thousands of African slaves; and the environmental,
ecological and cultural changes that resulted. Dr Watts shows how
the initial European vision of a land of plenty has been replaced
by an awareness of the geographic and ecological fragiliaty of the
area, and explains how the exploitative agricultural systems of the
colonial and recent West Indies have not adjusted to the demands of
the environment. An enormous array of historical, biological and
literary sources are marshalled in support of Dr Watts' analysis,
which is likely to remain the standard work on the subject for many
years to come.
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