The establishment of the European Economic Community in 1957 put preferential agreements with non-European trading partners in jeopardy, suggesting the spectre of economic ruin for small Caribbean territories dependent on only one or two crops. Yet, surprisingly, certain industries, notably the banana industry, are still vital elements in Eastern Caribbean economics almost forty years later. How have they survived? Barbara Welch attempts to answer this question by comparing the banana industries of Dominica, St Lucia, Martinique, and Guadeloupe and analysing the critical role of the banana growers' associations in preserving a precarious status quo.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN-10
0773515437
ISBN-13
9780773515437
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1110565
Product Key Features
Author
Barbara M. Welch
Publication Name
Survival by Association : Supply Management Landscapes of the Eastern Caribbean
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
20 Oz
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Reviews
"An important contribution to our knowledge of Caribbean agriculture ... Rewarding reading." J.H. Galloway, Canadian Book Review Annual