Survival by Association : Supply Management Landscapes of the Eastern Caribbean.

Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- Acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Economic Context of Eastern Caribbean Banana Industries -- 3 The Character of Land Occupancy -- 4 The Environmental Context of Banana Production in the Eastern Caribbean -- 5 Methods of Production and Disposal -- 6 Institutional Structures: the Origins, History and Character of Eastern Caribbean Banana Growers' Associations -- 7 Banana Cultivation: Aims, Activities and Impact of Island Growers' Associations -- 8 Banana Growers' Association Intervention in Packing, Transport and Marketing -- 9 The Fourth Dimension -- 10 Conclusion -- 11 Postscript, 1995: Butter Mountain, Wine Lake, Banana Reef? -- Appendix: Questionnaire Used in Farm Survey -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

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.

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