The book Grenada: A History of its People has been written by Beverley A Steele, a Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies. The book blends up-to-date scholarship from primary sources with fascinating detail of Grenada’s people and their often turbulent struggle for survival. It provides a detailed chronological, historical analysis but focuses especially on the story and every day lives of its inhabitants from the earliest days of settlement by the Kalinago people to the overthrow and execution of the revolutionary Prime Minister, Maurice Bishop in 1983, and beyond.
The author combines her knowledge and understanding of the island and its people with her considerable narrative skills to produce a highly readable informative and entertaining overview of Grenada's remarkable history.
Grenada's history, often intertwined with that of the wider Caribbean, and World, makes this addition to Macmillan Caribbean's range of nation histories of interest to Caribbean and World history scholars as well as anyone with a general interest in history.
Mrs. Steele was born and educated in Jamaica, and holds two degrees from the University of the West Indies. Since 1973 she has been the resident tutor and Head of the University of the West Indies Outreach Centre in Grenada. Now fully embraced by the Grenadian Community, Mrs. Steele identifies as a Jamaican born Grenadian. She is active both in Grenadian life and in the life of the University. She serves the country of her birth as Honorary Consul for Jamaica in Grenada