Self-help housing, the poor, and the state in the Caribbean /
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Imprint: | Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press ; Jamaica : The Press University of the West Indies, c1997. |
| Description: | xiv, 299 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2757846 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Caribbean Housing, the State, and Self-Help: An Overview / Dennis Conway and Robert B. Potter
- 2. Houses in the Caribbean: Homes and Heritage / Brian J. Hudson
- 3. Housing Conditions, Vernacular Architecture, and State Policy in Barbados / Mark R. Watson and Robert B. Potter
- 4. Housing and the State in the Eastern Caribbean / Robert B. Potter
- 5. Self-Help Housing in Jamaica / L. Alan Eyre
- 6. Obstacles to Low-Income Housing Assistance in the Capitalist Periphery: The Case of Jamaica / Thomas Klak
- 7. From Cooperative Socialism to a Social Housing Policy? Declines and Revivals in Housing Policy in Guyana / Linda Peake
- 8. A Critical Review of State Involvement in Housing in Trinidad and Tobago / Linda Hewitt
- 9. Self-Help Housing Strategies in Cuba: An Alternative to Conventional Wisdom? / Kosta Mathey
- 10. From the Bohio to the Caserio: Urban Housing Conditions in Puerto Rico / Jorge Duany
- 11. Housing and the State in the French Caribbean / Stephanie A. Condon and Philip E. Ogden
- 12. Caribbean Housing Futures: Building Communities for Sustainability / Dennis Conway and Robert B. Potter
- Appendix: Chapter Abstracts in English, French, and Spanish.