Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The comparative context : fragmentation of the British West Indies and the remnants of Empire
  • 2. The comparative context : The French departements d'outre-mer, grandeur and civilisation at a Price
  • 3. The comparative context: Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, deadlocks in American geopolitics
  • 4. Dutch rule in the Caribbean up until 1940 : careless colonialism
  • 5. The dismantling of the Dutch empire, 1940-1954
  • 6. The failed attempt at model decolonisation, 1954-1975
  • 7. The perpetuation of the transatlantic kingdom since 1975
  • 8. Illusions and benefits of 'reciprocal assistance' : development aid
  • 9. A Caribbean exodus
  • 10. Cultural exchange, proximity and distance
  • 11. Epilogue.