Environment And Development In The Caribbean
Subtitle: Geographical Perspectives
Contributors: David Barker (Editor); D. McGreggor (Editor)
Publisher: University Press of the West Indies
Published: May 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9789766400071
Subjects: Development studies; The Environment; History: World; Environmental Studies; History; West Indies; Environmental Science; General; Caribbean & West Indies - General
First sentence: The ebb and flow of colonial power, the rise and fall of the plantocracy, the significant legacy of slave and indentured labour, the economic hegemony of the major industrial powers, and enduring island insularity are well documented and important factors in the shaping of the modern day perspectives of Caribbean people.