Empire's Crossroads

A “wide-ranging, vivid” narrative history of one of the most coveted and complex regions of the world: the Caribbean ( The Observer ). Ever since Christopher Columbus stepped off the Santa Maria and announced that he had arrived in the Orient, the Caribbean has been a stage for projected fantasies and competition between world powers. In Empire’s Crossroads , British American historian Carrie Gibson offers a panoramic view of the region from the northern rim of South America up to Cuba and its r