His latest publication, Contemporary Caribbean Cultures and Societies in a Global Context, co-edited with Teresita Martinez-Vergne (University of North Carolina Press, 2005). Palmer (University of North Carolina Press, 1989), The Slave Societies of the Caribbean (Macmillan, 1997) and Las Casas: An Introduction, Much Abbreviated, of the Destruction of the Indies (Hackett, 2003) to name just a few.
He has published numerous books, including The Caribbean: The Genesis of a Fragmented Natitionalism (Oxford, 1978 2nd Edition, revised 1990 3rd edition, 2012), The Modern Caribbean, co-edited with Colin A. Since that time his academic and teaching interests have remained focused on the politics, cultures and societies of Latin America and the Caribbean as well as American slave systems. Knight joined the Hopkins faculty as part of the internationally recognized Atlantic History and Culture Program.
Knight is important in the African-American history of the University. University of Vienna, September 18-22,Īs the first black faculty member to gain academic tenure at The Johns Hopkins University, Dr. The Impact of the Congress of Vienna on Caribbean Politics and Society*
