Green Gold: Bananas and Dependency in the Eastern Caribbean

by Robert Thomson

Book Overview

Green Gold looks at the history and future prospects for the banana industry in four Caribbean islands: Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia and St Vincent. It focuses on conditions for the small farmers and includes a study of Geest PLC, the company solely responsible for distributing Windward bananas in Britain.

Statistical profile of the Eastern Caribbean, Introduction, Enslavement, From sugar to bananas, Bananas and communism, Towards independence,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0041U1X9C
• ISBN13: 9780906156261
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Latin America Bureau (Lab)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"