Moberg, Mark, 1959-

Slipping away banana politics and fair trade in the Eastern Caribbean / [electronic resource] : Mark Moberg. - New York : Berghahn Books, 2008. - xv, 250 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm. - Dislocations ; v. 4 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-242) and index.

Map of St. Lucia -- Linking the personal, the local, and the global -- An island in history -- Banananomics : work and identity among island growers -- St. Lucia in the global banana trade -- Banana politics -- Privatization and fragmentation -- Survivors -- Desperate times, desperate measures -- Fair trade in discourse and practice -- Fair trade and conventional farming in the Mabouya valley -- Conclusion : a new world or a new kind of dependence?


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Banana trade--Saint Lucia.
Banana growers--Saint Lucia.
Globalization--Economic aspects--Saint Lucia.
Competition, Unfair.


Electronic books.

HD9259.B3 / S1736 2008eb

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