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Table of Contents of Architectural Heritage of the Caribbean: An A-Z of Historic Buildings

Foreword by Professor Richard Hodges, OBE, FSA

Preface

Part One: History and Development
Climate and Geography
Before Columbus
The Bohío
First European Settlement
Building in Stone
Three Architectural Styles Evolve

Part Two: Influences and Evolution
Spanish Colonial Architecture
British Building
The French Presence
The Dutch and Scandinavians
The American Influence
Asiatic Architecture
The Hut, the Case and the Chattel
African Influence
European Design
The Modular Dwelling
The Architecture of Production

Part Three: What to Look For in Caribbean Architecture

Part Four: The Islands
Anguilla
Antigua
Aruba
The Bahamas
Barbados
Barbuda
Bonaire
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Curaçao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
Nevis
Puerto Rico
Saba
Saint-Barthélémy
St Kitts
St Lucia
Saint-Martin
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Sint Eustatius
Sint Maarten
Tobago
Trinidad
Turks & Caicos Islands
US Virgin Islands

Part Five: Architectural Dictionary

Part Six: Conservation for the Future

Directory
Regional Organizations
Further Reading
Index