The Dominican Republic is one of the least studied countries in Latin America and the Caribbean despite the fact that it is the longest European-inhabited territory in the hemisphere. This book is an attempt to fill this academic gap by providing a modern historical narrative of the economic, social, and political evolution of Dominican society from pre-Columbian times to the present.
In contrast to their West Indian neighbors, Dominicans consider themselves more Latin American than Caribbean, a fact that often strikes scholars and travellers who approach the country for the first time. Readers of this book will see how in their early evolution as a nation, Dominicans diverged from their West Indian counterparts without losing their character as a Caribbean society.
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