Beyond Sun and Sand : Caribbean Environmentalisms /
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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Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 and future trends in the coastal zones : the environmental movement in Puerto Rico / Manuel Valdes 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-Martinez [and others]
- 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 envrionmentalism / Barbara Deutsch Lynch.