Год выпуска: 2006 Издательство: Страниц: 210 ISBN: 0813536545
Описание
"This original and innovative book presents the research findings and conceptualizations of an international group of talented scholars who explore the interrelationship between development, environmentalism, and social movements in the Caribbean. This book will be an important addition to the literature on the Caribbean in the world system that will be used in college classrooms and cited by scholars for its valuable contributions to the field."?Pedro CabA?n, author of Constructing a Colonial People: Puerto Rico and the United States 1898-1932 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....
