Caribbean Land and Development Revisited [Hardcover]

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.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 Fl³L