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Book SynopsisBringing together ten essays by social scientists and activists, this book provides the most comprehensive exploration of the range of environmental issues facing the region and the social movements that have developed to deal with them. The authors consider the role that global and regional political economies play in this process.
Trade ReviewThis original and innovative book presents the research findings and conceptualizations of an international group of talented scholars who explore the interrelationship between development, environmentalism, and social movements in the Caribbean. This book will be an important addition to the literature on the Caribbean in the world system that will be used in college classrooms and cited by scholars for its valuable contributions to the field. -- Pedro Cabßn * author of Constructing a Colonial People: Puerto Rico and the United States 1898 *
This original and innovative book presents the research findings and conceptualizations of an international group of talented scholars who explore the interrelationship between development, environmentalism, and social movements in the Caribbean. This book will be an important addition to the literature on the Caribbean in the world system that will be used in college classrooms and cited by scholars for its valuable contributions to the field. -- Pedro Cabßn * author of Constructing a Colonial People: Puerto Rico and the United States 1898 *
Table of ContentsTable of ContentsPART ONE: ISSUES AND MOVEMENTS
1. THE POLITAL ECOLOGY OF PARADISE
Sherrie L. Baver and Barbara Deutsch Lynch
2. ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS IN THE CARIBBEAN
Francine Jacome
PART TWO: THE POLITICAL ECOLOY OF SUN AND SAND
3. PARADISE SOLD, PARADISE LOST: JAMAICA'S ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE IN THE TOURISM MARKETPLACE
Marian A.L. Miller
4. HISTORICAL CONTENTIONS IN THE COASTAL ZONE: THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IN PUERTO RICO
Manuel Valds Pizzini
5. THE STRUGGLE FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN MARTINIQUE
Maurice Burac
Translated by Juliet MacDowell and Robert C.A. Sorensen
PART THREE: BEHIND THE BEACH: PRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
6. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POVERTY, DETERIORATING HEALTH STATUS AND INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION IN PUERTO RICO
Neftali Garca, Mara Muoz Vazquez, Norma Delgado, Tania Garcia Ramos, and Sara Peisch
7. SEEKING AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY: CUBAN AND DOMINICAN STRATEGIES
Barbara Deutsch Lynch
8. "NI UNA BOMBA MAS:" REFRAMING THE VIEQUES STRUGGLE
Katherine T. McCaffrey and Sherrie Baver
PART FOUR: RISKY ENVIRONMENTS AND THE CARIBBEAN DIASPORA
9. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR PUERTO RICANS IN THE NORTHEAST: A PARTICIPANT OBSERVER'S ASSESSMENT
Ricardo Soto-Lopez
10. ENVIRONMENTAL RISK AND CHILDHOOD DISEASE IN AN URBAN WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD
Immanuel Ness and Lorraine Minnite
CONCLUSION: TOWARD A CREOLE ENVIRONMENTALISM
Barbara Deutsch Lynch
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