Beyond sun and sand : Caribbean environmentalisms / edited by Sherrie L. Baver, Barbara Deutsch Lynch.

Other author Baver, Sherrie L.
Other author Lynch, Barbara D.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2006.
Descriptionvii, 210 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Environmental policy--Caribbean Area.
Environmentalism--Caribbean Area.

Contents Issues and movements. The political ecology of paradise / Sherrie L. Baver and Barbara Deutsch Lynch -- Environmental movements in the Caribbean / Francine Jácome -- The political ecology of sun and sand. Paradise sold, paradise lost: Jamaica's environment and culture in the tourism marketplace / Marian A.L. Miller -- Historical contentions in the coastal zone: the environmental movement in Puerto Rico / Manuel Valdés Pizzini -- The struggle for sustainable tourism in Martinique / Maurice Burac -- Behind the beach: productive landscapes and environmental change. Puerto Rico: economic and environmental overview / Neftali García ... [et al.] -- Seeking agricultural sustainability: Cuban and Dominican strategies / Barbara Deutsch Lynch -- "Ni una bomba mas:" reframing the Vieques struggle / Katherine T. McCaffrey and Sherrie Baver -- Risky environments and the Caribbean diaspora. Environmental justice for Puerto Ricans in the northeast: a participant-observer's assessment / Ricardo Soto-Lopez -- Environmental risk and childhood disease in an urban working-class Caribbean neighborhood / Lorraine C. Minnite and Immanuel Ness -- Conclusion: toward a Creole enverionmentalism / Barbara Deutsch Lynch.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-189) and index.
LCCN 2005004406
ISBN0813536537 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0813536545 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813536538
ISBN9780813536545

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Joyner General Stacks GE190.C27 B49 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold