The first-ever Spanish translation of Williams’ History of the Caribbean, From Columbus to Castro (2006); the 2000 republication, after decades, of the same book in Japanese, and its re-issue in the United Kingdom in 2004 after a hiatus of seven years. Also reissued in 2004 was the 1944 book, The Economic Future of the Caribbean – edited by Williams and the respected African-American sociologist E. Franklin Frazier.
This sequence of events involved the creation of the first Spanish translation of Williams’ History of the Caribbean, From Columbus to Castro (2006), followed by the re-publication in Japan after years in 2000, and its release in the UK in 2004 following a break. Additionally, the 1944 book, The Economic Future of the Caribbean, edited by Williams and E. Franklin Frazier, was also re-released in 2004.