ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. PART I. Issues and Movements
5. 1. The Political Ecology of Paradise 3
6. 2. Environmental Movements in the Caribbean 17
7. PART II. The Political Ecology of Sun and Sand
8. 3. Paradise Sold, Paradise Lost: Jamaica’s Environment and Culture in the Tourism Marketplace 35
9. 4. Historical Contentions and Future Trends in the Coastal Zones: The Environmental Movement in Puerto Rico 44
10. 5. The Struggle for Sustainable Tourism in Martinique 65
11. PART III. Behind the Beach: Productive Landscapes and Environmental Change
12. 6. Puerto Rico: Economic and Environmental Overview 75
13. 7. Seeking Agricultural Sustainability: Cuban and Dominican Strategies 86
14. 8. “Ni Una Bomba Mas”: Reframing the Vieques Struggle 109
15. PART IV. Risky Environments and the Caribbean Diaspora
16. 9. Environmental Justice for Puerto Ricans in the Northeast: A Participant-Observer’s Assessment 131
17. 10. Environmental Risk and Childhood Disease in an Urban Working-Class Caribbean Neighborhood 140
18. Conclusion: Toward a Creole Environmentalism 158
19. REFERENCES 171
20. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 191
21. INDEX 195