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Besson / Momsen

Caribbean Land and Development Revisited

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-349-53460-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us
Erscheinungstermin: 23.12.2015
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The book is an interdisciplinary collection of fifteen essays, with an editorial introduction, on a range of territories in the Commonwealth, Francophone, and Hispanic Caribbean. The authors focus on land and development, providing fresh perspectives through a collection of international contributing authors.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9781349534609
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-349-53460-9
  • Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us
  • Erscheinungstermin: 23.12.2015
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 2007. Auflage 2015
  • Serie: Studies of the Americas
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 435 g
  • Seiten: 276
  • Format (B x H x T): 152 x 229 x 17 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Herausgeber

Introduction; J.Besson& J.Momsen PART I: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LAND AND CROP PRODUCTION  The Importance of the 1897 British Royal Commission; B.C. Richardson The Colonial Office and Soil Conservation in the British Caribbean, 1938-1950; L.S. Grossman Domestic Food Production in Guadeloupe in World War II; G.Taitt  Cuba's Farmers' Markets in the "Special Period", 1990-1995; R.Torres, J.Momsen& D.A.Niemeier PART II: POLICY, PLANNING, AND MANAGEMENT  Land, Development, and Indigenous Rights in Suriname: The Role of International Human Rights Law; E-R.Kambel  The Management of State Lands in Trinidad and Tobago; J.D. Stanfield& A.A. Wijetunga The Participation Paradox: Stories from St. Lucia; J.Pugh Land Disputes and Development Activity in the Dominican Republic; D. Mcleod Land Policy in Jamaica in the Decade after AGENDA 21; L.A. Miller& D.Barker PART III: LAND FOR THE PEASANTRY? "Squatting" as a Strategy for Land Settlement and Sustainable Development; J.Besson The Triumph of the Commons: Barbuda Belongs to All Barbudans Together; D.Lowenthal& C.Clarke The Contested Existence of a Peasantry in Martinique: Scientific Discourses, Controversies and Evidence; C.Chivallon The Waxing and Waning of Land for the Peasantry in Barbados; J.Momsen Agro-biodiversity as an Environmental Management Tool in Small Scale Farming Landscapes: Implications for Agro-Chemical Use; B.Spence & E.Thomas-Hope PART IV: LANDSCAPE, MIGRATION, AND DEVELOPMENT Arboreal Landscapes of Power and Resistance; M.Sheller From the Pre-Colonial to the Virtual: The Scope and Scape of Land, Landuse and Landloss on Montserrat; J.Skinner "Leave to Come Back": The Importance of Family Land in a Transnational Caribbean Community; B.Mills Collateral and Achievement: Land and Caribbean Migration; M.Byron