- CARIBBEAN ISLANDS - A Country Study Search Caribbean Islands Include word variants Use only words as entered. ISLANDS OF THE COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN Foreword ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. Regional Overview GEOGRAPHIC SETTING HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SETTING The Pre-European Population The Impact of the Conquest THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS THE COLONIAL PERIOD The Sugar Revolutions ...lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cxtoc.html