Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction. Islands Beyond Empires 1
4. Chapter 1. Kalinago Dominion and the Shape of the Eastern Caribbean 19
5. Chapter 2. Creating the Creole Archipelago 48
6. Chapter 3. Colonizing the Caribbean Frontier 80
7. Chapter 4. Seeking a Place as Colonial Subjects 113
8. Chapter 5. Surviving the Turn to Sugar 142
9. Chapter 6. An Empire Disordered 171
10. Chapter 7. Revolutions and the End of Accommodation 201
11. Conclusion. Echoes of the Creole Archipelago 229
12. Abbreviations 239
13. Notes 241
14. Index 299
15. Acknowledgments 307