National audienceThe islands of the Antilles exhibit a dual geographical and historical affiliation, belonging to both the Caribbean and the Atlantic. This Caribbean space is thus organised around national, regional and international networks and fluxes of exceptional density giving it good political, social and economic stability. Nonetheless, the Caribbean, although doubtless Atlantic in nature, is primarily an insular whole which fits neither the pattern of the old European colonial powers nor that of its powerful Norh American neighbour.Les îles de la mer des Antilles présentent une appartenance géographique et historique double : Caraïbe et Atlantique. Cet espace Caraïbe s'organise ainsi autour de réseaux et de flux nationaux, régionau...