Journal of Caribbean
Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1

A special issue given over to quantitative work, guest-edited by Malcolm Golden. The masthead lists Walter Allen, Ulli Beier and René Depestre as editorial consultants and Marlene Leroy as associate editor, over an advisory board that includes Miguel Barnet, E. R. Braithwaite, Jan Carew, Wilfred Cartey, Austin Clarke, Willfried Feuser, Lemuel Johnson, Nancy Morejón, Nwabueze Okoye, Orlando Patterson, Gregory Rigsby, Andrew Salkey, Sam Selvon and Ivan Van Sertima. The contents run from Andrew S. Downes and Mal Golden on capital-labour substitution in Barbadian industry, through Warren A. Hodge and Denis G. Carter on technology assessment, Richard S. Goldberg and Joseph Nevadomsky on defining and classifying the household, Frank Mills on rainfall prediction and agricultural insurance, Manfred H. Ledford and James W. Foley on the Caribbean Basin Initiative, Mark Peterson on the employment prospects of Mariel boatlift refugees, and H. Rubenstein on occupational complexity in an Afro-Caribbean village, closing with Clement London’s poem Autumn Sunset and reviews. The cover design and logo are by Marsha Murray.