Ian Randle Publishers Ltd., based in Kingston, Jamaica, has been publishing fine quality books on and about the Caribbean since 1991. Its founder, president and publisher, Ian Randle is a veteran of 40 years in the publishing industry with wide and varied experience and knowledge of both the British and US book industries. IRP was the first commercial publishing company in the English speaking Caribbean to produce scholarly and academic books and today remains the leader in the field with best-selling books in History, Gender Studies, Politics, and Sociology, as well as books covering a wide range of issues on the contemporary Caribbean.