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Self-help housing, the poor, and the state in the Caribbean / edited by Robert B. Potter and Dennis Conway.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Kingston, Jamaica : The Press University of the West Indies, c1997.Description: xiv, 299 p. : photos ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9766400245 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.583 20
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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Portsmouth Branch Library West Indian Collection Reference W.I. 363.583 Sel (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Processing Not For Loan PORT20100086
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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