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Regional historian gears to launch new book
Trinidadian Professor Dr Tony Martin, will be launching his new book today at the Umana Yana,
Dr. Tony Martin
The book which is entitled CARIBBEAN HISTORY is a comprehensive survey of Caribbean history from pre-colonial times to the present. The book will be reviewed by Prof. Emeritus, Winston McGowan.
The book is centrally focused on the Caribbean more than any other survey of the region. It examines a wide range of topics to give readers a thorough understanding of the region’s history. The author, Dr Martin, a Trinidadian by birth, created a readable narrative for undergraduates. It contains the most recent scholarship and pays particular attention to the U.S.-Caribbean connection to more fully relate to students.
Dr Martin was born and grew up in Trinidad and Tobago. He is Emeritus Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College, Massachusetts where he taught from 1973 – 2007.
He is a Barrister-At-Law, earned a BSc (hons) in Economics at the University of Hull (England) and his MA and Ph D in History at Michigan State University.
He has been a visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota, Brandeis University, Brown University in the USA and worked as Honorary Research Fellow at the University of the West Indies, in Trinidad and Tobago.
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