04698nam 22007455 450 991077765290332120210603001327.01-281-31657-197866113165700-8135-3752-510.36019/9780813537528(CKB)1000000000464986(EBL)967377(OCoLC)799765728(SSID)ssj0000111053(PQKBManifestationID)11137858(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111053(PQKBWorkID)10074686(PQKB)10688758(DE-B1597)529393(DE-B1597)9780813537528(OCoLC)71837699(MiAaPQ)EBC967377(EXLCZ)99100000000046498620200623h20062006 fg 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrBeyond Sun and Sand Caribbean Environmentalisms /Sherrie L. Baver, Barbara Deutsch LynchNew Brunswick, NJ :Rutgers University Press,[2006]©20061 online resource (218 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-3653-7 Front matter --CONTENTS --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --1. The Political Ecology of Paradise --2. Environmental Movements in the Caribbean --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 --6. Puerto Rico: Economic and Environmental Overview --7. Seeking Agricultural Sustainability: Cuban and Dominican Strategies --8. “Ni Una Bomba Mas”: Reframing the Vieques Struggle --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 --INDEXFiltered 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 trapped in a global economy that offers few options for development. Popular depictions also overlook the reality that the region is fraught with environmental problems, including water and air pollution, solid waste mismanagement, destruction of ecosystems, deforestation, and the transition from agriculture to ranching. Bringing together ten essays by social scientists and activists, Beyond Sun and Sand provides the most comprehensive exploration to date 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 and provide valuable insight into Caribbean environmentalism. Many of the essays by prominent Caribbean analysts are made available for the first time in English.Environmental policyCaribbean AreaEnvironmentalismCaribbean AreaEnvironmental policyEnvironmentalism333.72/09729333.7209729Baver Sherrie L1038635Burac Maurice1131130Garcia-Martinez Neftali1532071Garcia-Ramos Tania1532072Jacome Francine1532073Lynch Barbara Deutsch1532074McCaffrey Katherine T1532075Miller Marin1532076Minnite Lorraine1532077Ness Immanuel864151Pizzini Manuel Valdes1532078Rivera-Rivera Ana1532079Soto-Lopez Ricardo1532080Baver Sherrie L.edthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtLynch Barbara Deutschedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910777652903321Beyond Sun and Sand3778128UNINA