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

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Baver, Sherrie L.; Lynch, Barbara D.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: vii, 210 p.
• Other title: Issues and movements. The political ecology of paradise / Sherrie L. Baver and Barbara Deutsch Lynch --; Environmental movements in the Caribbean /; The political ecology of sun and sand. Paradise sold, paradise lost: Jamaica's environment and culture in the tourism marketplace /; Historical contentions and future trends in the coastal zones: the environmental movement in Puerto Rico /; The struggle for sustainable tourism in Martinique /; Behind the beach: productive landscapes and environmental change. Puerto Rico: economic and environmental overview /; Seeking agricultural sustainability: Cuban and Dominican strategies /; "Ni una bomba mas:" reframing the Vieques struggle /; Risky environments and the Caribbean diaspora. Environmental justice for Puerto Ricans in the northeast: a participant-observer's assessment /; Environmental risk and childhood disease in an urban working-class Caribbean neighborhood /; Conclusion: toward a Creole envrionmentalism / Barbara Deutsch Lynch.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-189) and index.
• ISBN: 0813536537 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0813536545 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Sherrie L. Baver, Barbara Deutsch Lynch.