This is a outline of topics related to the Caribbean region. Links to outlines and indexes of countries in the Caribbean region are also provided. The Caribbean (/ˌkærɪˈbiːən, kəˈrɪbiən/, locally /ˈkærɪbiæn/;[1] Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbes; Haitian Creole: Karayib; also Antillean Creole: Kawayib; Dutch: Caraïben; Papiamento: Karibe) is a region of the Americas that comprises the Caribbean Sea, its surrounding coasts, and its islands (some of which lie within the Caribbean Sea[2] and some of which lie on the edge of the Caribbean Sea where it borders the North Atlantic Ocean).[3] The region lies southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and of the North American mainland, east of Central America, and north of South America.
Caribbean topic outline
editHistory
editHistory of the Caribbean and West Indies:
- Spanish Caribbean (1492–1898)
- Piracy in the Caribbean (1500s–1830)
- Dutch Caribbean (1554–1863)
- British Caribbean (1586–1834)
- French Caribbean (1625–1817)
- Baltic-German Caribbean (1654-1689)
- Danish Caribbean (1672–1917)
- German Caribbean (1685-1693)
- Swedish Caribbean (1784–1878)
- History of the British West Indies
- Amelioration Act 1798
- Bishoprics, etc., in West Indies Act 1842
- British West Indian labour unrest of 1934–1939
- Battle of the Caribbean (1941-1945, World War II)
Historic topics:
- Afro-Caribbean
- Atlantic triangular slave-trade
- Caribbean Court of Justice
- Emancipation of the British West Indies
- Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas
- German interest in the Caribbean
- Good Neighbor policy
- Impact of hurricanes on Caribbean history
- Influx of diseases
- Monroe Doctrine
- Partnership for Prosperity and Security in the Caribbean
- Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact theories
- Territorial evolution
- Third Border Initiative
- West Indian Brigade
- West India Regiment
Geography and Geology
edit- Antilles
- Caribbean Basin
- Caribbean Lowlands
- Caribbean Plate
- Caribbean Sea
- Caribbean South America
- Gulf of Honduras
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Western Caribbean zone
Geographic and geologic topics:
- Bioregion
- Caribbean Initiative
- Mammals
- Sealife
- Trees
- Caribbean large igneous province
- Earthquakes
- Extreme points
- Islands (by area)
- Metropolitan areas
- Mountains
- Rivers
- Ultras
- Sovereign states
- Dependent territories
- World Heritage Sites
Politics
editPolitics of the Caribbean region:
- Afro-Caribbean leftism
- Association of Caribbean States
- Caribbean Community
- Caribbean Legion
- CARIFORUM
- Coat of arms of the British Windward Islands
- Foreign relations
- Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
- Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
- Pan-Caribbean Congress
- West Indies Federation
Economy
edit- Airlines
- Airports
- Anchor coinage
- Caribbean Basin Trade and Partnership Act
- Caribbean Basin Initiative
- Caribbean Basin Trade and Partnership Act
- Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act
- Caribbean Regional Maritime Agreement
- Currencies of the British West Indies
- Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (Barbados)
- Caribbean Cinemas
- Caribbean Development Bank
- Caribbean Free Trade Association
- Central banks and currencies
- Citrus industry
- Companies
- Fishing industry
- Grog
- Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association
- Hotels in the Caribbean
- Postage stamps and postal history of the Leeward Islands
- Rum producers
- Stock exchanges in the Americas
- Sugar plantations
- Tourism
Demographics
editCulture
edit- Actors
- Architecture
- Antonin Nechodoma (Prairie style)
- Art
- Caribbean people
- Carnivals
- Crafts
- Paper craft
- Periagua (dugout)
- Cuisine
- Dancers
- Feminism in the Caribbean
- Film
- Literature
- Music
- Painting
- Picong (banter)
- Poetry
- Quadrille dress
- Radio stations
- Scout Jamboree
- Sculptors
- Sport
- British West Indies at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Caribbean Football Union
- Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics
- Cricket in the West Indies
- West Indian cricket team
- West Indies women's cricket team
- West Indies national football team
- West Indies national rugby league team
- Stadiums
- Television stations
- Theatre
- Universities and educational associations
- Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries
- American University of the Caribbean (Sint Maarten)
- Caribbean Philosophical Association
- Caribbean University (Puerto Rico)
- International University of the Caribbean
- Medical schools
- University of the Southern Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago)
- University of the West Indies
Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean
edit- List of Caribbean indigenous peoples
- Taíno (Indigenous peoples of the Bahamas)
- Arawak
- Kalinago (Carib people)
- Indigenous Caribbean Visual Arts
- Indigenous Caribbean people
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Indigenous Names of the Eastern Caribbean islands
Related topics
editOther general topics about or relating to the Caribbean not included above:
- Caribbean South America (Colombia, Venezuela, and the Guiannas)
- Bocas del Toro Creole (Panama)
- European colonization of the Americas
- Exploration by Christopher Columbus
- First wave of European colonization
- History of colonialism
- Miskito Coastal Creole (Nicaragua)
- San Andrés-Providencia Creole (Colombia)
- Territories of the United States (including those in the Caribbean)
- United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Countries and territories in the Caribbean region
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Continental nations surrounding the Caribbean Sea include:
See also
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References
edit- ^ Allsopp, Richard; Allsopp, Jeannette (2003). Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage. University of the West Indies Press. p. 136–. ISBN 978-976-640-145-0.
- ^ Engerman, Stanley L. (2000). "A Population History of the Caribbean". In Haines, Michael R.; Steckel, Richard Hall (eds.). A Population History of North America. Cambridge University Press. pp. 483–528. ISBN 978-0-521-49666-7. OCLC 41118518.
- ^ Hillman, Richard S.; D'Agostino, Thomas J., eds. (2003). Understanding the contemporary Caribbean. London, UK: Lynne Rienner. ISBN 978-1588266637. OCLC 300280211.