Beyond Sun and Sand : : Caribbean Environmentalisms /

Beyond Sun and Sand : : Caribbean Environmentalisms / / ed. by Sherrie L. Baver, Barbara Deutsch Lynch.

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Filtered through the lens of the North American and European media, the Caribbean appears to be a series of idyllic landscapes-sanctuaries designed for sailing, diving, and basking in the sun on endless white sandy beaches. Conservation literature paints a similarly enticing portrait, describing the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Baver, Sherrie L.,
Burac, Maurice,
Garcia-Martinez, Neftali,
Garcia-Ramos, Tania,
García-Martínez, Neftalí,
García-Ramos, Tania,
Jacome, Francine,
Jácome, Francine,
Lynch, Barbara Deutsch,
McCaffrey, Katherine T,
Mccaffrey, Katherine T.,
Miller, Marian A. L.,
Miller, Marin,
Minnite, Lorraine C.,
Minnite, Lorraine,
Ness, Immanuel,
Pizzini, Manuel Valdes,
Pizzini, Manuel Valdés,
Rivera-Rivera, Ana,
Soto-Lopez, Ricardo,
HerausgeberIn:
Baver, Sherrie L.,
Lynch, Barbara Deutsch,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2006]
©2006
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 9 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • PART I. Issues and Movements
  • 1. The Political Ecology of Paradise
  • 2. Environmental Movements in the Caribbean
  • PART II. The Political Ecology of Sun and Sand
  • 3. Paradise Sold, Paradise Lost: Jamaica’s Environment and Culture in the Tourism Marketplace
  • 4. Historical Contentions and Future Trends in the Coastal Zones: The Environmental Movement in Puerto Rico
  • 5. The Struggle for Sustainable Tourism in Martinique
  • PART III. Behind the Beach: Productive Landscapes and Environmental Change
  • 6. Puerto Rico: Economic and Environmental Overview
  • 7. Seeking Agricultural Sustainability: Cuban and Dominican Strategies
  • 8. “Ni Una Bomba Mas”: Reframing the Vieques Struggle
  • PART IV. Risky Environments and the Caribbean Diaspora
  • 9. Environmental Justice for Puerto Ricans in the Northeast: A Participant-Observer’s Assessment
  • 10. Environmental Risk and Childhood Disease in an Urban Working-Class Caribbean Neighborhood
  • Conclusion: Toward a Creole Environmentalism
  • REFERENCES
  • NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX

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