The Making of the Caribbean Landscape: Images from a Changing Island World

William C. Found, The Making of the Caribbean Landscape: Images from a Changing Island World. Toronto, first edition published by Dalvorem International, 2025. 344 pp., 110,057 words, 597 original photographs and maps.

The book represents the culmination of 60 years of research in the Caribbean, and is the first volume to analyse landscapes of the entire insular Caribbean from prehistoric times to the present. It is based on the analysis of almost 600 original photographs and maps produced over six decades. The research was undertaken in collaboration with several Caribbean organizations throughout the region, with particular focus on the Mona and Cave Hill campuses of the University of the West Indies; The University of Puerto Rico; The Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Cuban Academy of Sciences; archaeologists from the French and Dutch islands; and many Government and non-Government organizations. The author is deeply indebted to the thousands of individuals who have been of assistance over the years, and to the many organizations who have provided funding (McMaster, Florida, York, Umeå, Harvard Universities; IDRC, Canada Council, SSHRC, CIDA, and IUCN). Special thanks to York University students, particularly those with Caribbean ancestry. The book is dedicated to the memory of two Caribbean scholars and great contributors to understanding the Caribbean landscape: David Barker (1947-2022) and Karl Watson (1944-2025), Professors at the University of the West Indies (Mona and Cave Hill campuses, respectively). They left us recently, and are greatly missed. Many thanks to Thomas and Elizabeth Cohen, Jane Couchman, and John Warkentin for their great help in reviewing drafts of the text.