The history ofceramics is rooted in the history of mankind. Jamaican Ceramics: A Historical and Contemporary Survey is a comprehensiveexamination of the development of ceramics from pre-history to the present day.This visually rich, exciting and authoritative book is an unprecedented surveywhich sheds light on the fascinating historical and modern contemporary Jamaicanceramics. Norma Rodney Harrack, herself a practicing ceramic artist, offers anexpert's insight and provides a valuable resource to ceramists, students,collectors, enthusiasts and users of ceramics. The chapters each focus on keythematic areas - from early ceramic history to the influence of Europeanceramic practices to the syncreticism and continuity of African Jamaican potterytraditions - with full discussions on how the canon of Jamaican ceramics hasdeveloped over centuries. Harrack's many years of teaching and investigationhave guided much of the primary research for this project.