Beckles, Hilary McDonald, A History of Barbados: From Amerindian Settlement to Nation-State, Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Beckle's comprehensive history emphasizes the struggle for social equality, civil rights, and economic improvement that have marked the island's past.

Chamberlain, Mary, Narratives of Exile and Return, Palgrave, 1997.

Chamberlain bases her social history of emigration from Barbados on interviews across multiple generations of Barbadian families.

Coser, Stalamaris, Bridging the Americas: The Literature of Paule Marshall, Toni Morrison, and Gayl Jones, Temple University Press, 1995.

Coser's work evaluates the similarities between these three important African-American writers.

Denniston, Dorothy Hamer, The Fiction of Paule Marshall: Reconstructions of History, Culture, and Gender, University of Tennessee Press, 1995.

Hamer's study examines Marshall's writings as they represent the author's background and experiences.

Labrucherie, Roger A., Barbados, A World Apart, Imagenes Press, 1995.

Photojournalist Labrucherie presents the world of Barbados, including its history, culture, people, and wildlife, through his photographs...