Introduction / Sidney W. Mintz and Sally Price -- A political profile of the Caribbean / Carl Stone -- "Race" and color in the Caribbean / H. Hoetink -- Sugar in the Caribbean: turning sunshine into money / G.B. Hagelberg -- From plantations to peasantries in the Caribbean / Sidney W. Mintz -- A linguistic perspective on the Caribbean / Mervyn C. Alleyne -- Caribbean as a musical region / Kenneth M. Bilby -- Contemporary Caribbean: a general overview / Gordon K. Lewis.