Robert B. Potter, David Barker, Thomas Klak, Denis Conway

The Contemporary Caribbean (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This text focuses on the contemporary economic, social, geographical, environmental and political realities of the Caribbean region. Historical aspects of the Caribbean, such as slavery, the plantation system and plantocracy are explored in order to explain the contemporary nature of, and challenges faced by, the Caribbean. The book is divided into three parts, dealing respectively with: the foundations of the Caribbean, rural and urban bases of the contemporary Caribbean, and global restructuring and the Caribbean: industry, tourism and politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317875994
• Artikelnr.: 43418248

Autorenporträt

Robert B. Potter, David Barker, Thomas Klak, Denis Conway

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Preface Introduction PART I FOUNDATIONS OF THE CARIBBEAN 1. The
Caribbean Landscape 2. Populations and Migration PART II RURAL AND URBAN
BASES OF THE CONTEMPORARY CARIBBEAN 3. Agriculture and agrarian Structure
4. Vulnerability and the Impact of Natural Hazards 5. Social Conditions 6.
Housing in the Caribbean 7. Urban Dynamics and Townscapes PART III GLOBAL
RESTRUCTURING AND THE CARIBBEAN: INDUSTRY, TOURISM AND POLITICS 8.
Industrialization, Development and Economic Change 9. Offshore Services and
the Caribbean 10. Globalisation and the Caribbean 11. Tourism, Environment
and Development 12. Political Realities and the Caribbean