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Abstract
Far From Paradise looks at the Caribbean behind the tourist brochures: small, vulnerable countries beset by poverty and injustice, searching for a road out of underdevelopment. It traces the history of the area and looks at recent experiences of Jamaica, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago, and Haiti - and evaluates their differing approaches towards development. Other sections focus on the role of transnational corporations in the Caribbean, the problems of regional integration and examples of alternative, grassroots development.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title Page | i | ||
| Copyright Page | ii | ||
| Table of Contents | iii | ||
| Map | iv | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| Living in Paradise | 1 | ||
| Poverty and Wealth | 2 | ||
| Development — For Whom, by Whom? | 3 | ||
| 1. Pirates and Plantations | 5 | ||
| Explorers and Colonists | 5 | ||
| Gold | 6 | ||
| Pirates and Plantations | 6 | ||
| Slavery | 7 | ||
| Europe's Sweet Tooth | 10 | ||
| The Decline of Sugar: The End of Slavery | 12 | ||
| 'Bitter Cane' | 13 | ||
| 2. From John Bull to Uncle Sam | 15 | ||
| Poverty and Protest | 15 | ||
| Migration | 17 | ||
| The Independence Movement | 19 | ||
| The US and its 'Backyard' | 20 | ||
| A New Beginning? | 23 | ||
| 3. Paradise pic | 25 | ||
| The Transnationals | 25 | ||
| Inviting Investment | 26 | ||
| Agriculture: The Fat of the Land | 26 | ||
| Industry: Foreign Factories | 27 | ||
| Tourism: Selling Sunshine | 30 | ||
| Banking: Dodging the Taxman | 31 | ||
| Buried Treasure: Oil and Bauxite | 32 | ||
| Oil in Trinidad | 33 | ||
| Bauxite in Jamaica | 33 | ||
| Whose Profits? | 33 | ||
| 4. Hard Decisions | 35 | ||
| Jamaica's 'Third Path' | 35 | ||
| US Opposition | 36 | ||
| Grenada: Revolution Reversed | 38 | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago: The Oil Bonanza | 42 | ||
| Haiti: The Poorest of the Poor | 43 | ||
| 5. Unity or the Big Stick? | 47 | ||
| A Divided Region | 47 | ||
| The West Indies Federation | 48 | ||
| Working Together | 48 | ||
| Outside Influence | 50 | ||
| 'The Big Stick': Militarisation | 51 | ||
| The Cultural Invasion | 52 | ||
| The Case for Integration | 53 | ||
| Conclusion: Hope for the Future? | 55 | ||
| The Poor for a Change | 56 | ||
| Sources of Further Information | 61 |