Martinique revisited

the long version

"This is the definitive botanical history of one of the most important islands of the French Caribbean. Moreover, it suggests insights into the broader processes of ecological change throughout the region. Kimber's focus is the changing plant geography of this rugged volcanic island from the beginnings of plant colonization through the first human immigrants over two thousand years ago, and finally the profound transformations which European and African occupation caused. Her documentation is thorough, detailed and technically precise, and her account is so lucid that professional botanists are by no means the only appropriate audience." -- Richard P. Tucker, Environmental history review, Summer 1991