Globalizing the Caribbean

Globalizing the Caribbean

offers a probing account of the region’s experience of economic globalization while considering gendered and racialized social relations under conditions of the exploitation of workers.

Jeb Sprague combines an historical overview of capitalism in the region with theoretical analysis backed by case studies. He elaborates upon the role of class formation, marginalization, and the restructuring of local states. He also considers both U.S. hegemony, and how various upsurges from below and crises occur. In doing so, Sprague shows how transnationally oriented elites have come to rule the Caribbean, and how capitalist globalization in the region occurs alongside shifting political, institutional, and organizational dynamics.

Praise for the hardcover edition:
"Jeb Sprague has made a major contribution by updating the study of the Caribbean to the current era of transnational capital.... Sprague has accomplished what should become a classic work on contemporary Caribbean conditions. Breaking through limited nation-centric viewpoints, he has given us a book built on original theoretical analysis and backed by fully grounded research to uncover how global capitalism has transformed social relations in the Caribbean."—

Race & Class

Essays by the author:

• "Haiti on the precipice of Coronavirus" for Haiti Analysis (March 31)
• "The US government’s ‘divide and conquer’ tactics in the Caribbean," The Canary (March 20)

Interviews with the author:
• Discussing the political situation in Guyana on By Any Means Necessary (March 9)