Rum, Rivalry & Resistance : Fighting for the Caribbean Spirit

No other spirits beverage encapsulates the essence of Caribbean social and cultural atmosphere quite like rum. Indeed, Caribbean rum, like sugar, has helped to influence and shape many aspects of the region's political, economics, and social experience. While Caribbean rum is not so associated with politics, in this unique study, Dr Tony Talburt shows how this popular Caribbean spirit beverage not only has a socia and cultural significance but has also been the subject of a number of political decisions by governments in the Caribbean, the USA and Europe.

Although the primary focus of this book is centred upon the period in the second half of the 20th Century amid the political conflict to market Caribbean rums in the European Union, it nonetheless also provides an overview of the political significance of Caribbean rum in the 18th and 19th centuries.