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Beyond sun and sand :

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Beyond sun and sand :

[Book]

Caribbean environmentalisms /

edited by Sherrie L. Baver, Barbara Deutsch Lynch.

New Brunswick, N.J. :

Rutgers University Press,

©2006.

1 online resource (vii, 210 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-189) and index.

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 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-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.

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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 region as a habitat for endangered coral reefs and their denizens, parrots, butterflies, turtles, snails, and a myriad of plant species. In both versions, the image of the exotic landscape overshadows the rich island cultures that are both linguistically and politically diverse, but tr.

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Beyond sun and sand.

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Environmental policy-- Caribbean Area.

Environmentalism-- Caribbean Area.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Development-- Sustainable Development.

Earth & Environmental Sciences.

Environmental policy.

Environmental Sciences.

Environmentalism.

NATURE-- Environmental Conservation & Protection.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Ethnic Studies-- Hispanic American Studies.

Caribbean Area.

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NAT-- 011000

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Baver, Sherrie L.

Lynch, Barbara D.

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