The Caribbean, Vol. 17

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Excerpt from The Caribbean, Vol. 17: Its Hemispheric RoleIN this series of conferences during the past seventeen years, an attempt has been made to examine carefully and fully the many details and aspects of the culture, life, and history of the Carib bean. Area. Experts from the Americas and elsewhere have brought their special knowledge to bear on many aspects of Caribbean affairs. Virtually no phase of knowledge relating to this area has been omitted. In consequence, the volume of proceedings result ing from each conference has made a contribution to the better understanding of the region. Not all of the papers have been of equal value or significance, but each in itself has presented a point of View of the author which has served a variety of pur poses for the reader. Although the volumes have never been intended as textbooks, several of them have been used in classes. Others have been assigned as up-to-date references, which no teacher of the Caribbean area should omit from his list of readings.The University Of Florida owes a debt of gratitude to the more than 360 different speakers in these seventeen conferences who helped make this Institution an outstanding academic leader in Caribbean interests. This appreciation is here recognized by the many persons connected with the conferences over the years, and as Director and organizer of these meetings, I Wish personally to record my feelings of satisfaction and gratification.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.