Stock ID #141557 The Political Economy of Small Tropical Islands. The Importance of Being Small. HELEN M. AND MALYN D. D. NEWITT HINTJENS.

The Political Economy of Small Tropical Islands.
The Importance of Being Small.

Exeter. University of Exeter Press, 1992. Stock ID #141557

Maps, charts and tables, bibliography, index, dustjacket trifle bumped extremities, a very good copy.

The legacy of colonial rule has been a high propensity to import and a dependence on a narrow range of marketable crops. The book argues that development strategies must take into account the need to support populations on remote islands, that economic development must be adapted to ecological constraints and traditional social structures, and that shipping plays and will continue to play a key role in any consideration of the future of island states.

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