Paperback, in-8, 267 pp., index/register.

Very thick paperback, in-8, xxx + 1710 pp., 18 maps, photos, statistics, bibliography, glossary, index. The complete history of this tormented island from 1762 till the present day. It's all about land and sugar. For the balanced and uncommon Agrarian Reform and the role of INRA led by Nunez Jimenez see p. 1215-1233. Critic: (1) we miss some attention for the Congo and Lumumba in this book; (2) nothing on health care ? HT (°UK, 1931) is a British historian.