Self-help housing, the poor, and the state in the Caribbean / edited by Robert B. Potter and Dennis Conway.
Material type: TextPublication details: Kingston, Jamaica : The Press University of the West Indies, c1997.Description: xiv, 299 p. : photos ; 23 cmISBN:- 9766400245 (pbk.) :
- 363.583 20
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Books | Portsmouth Branch Library West Indian Collection | Reference | W.I. 363.583 Sel (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Processing Not For Loan | PORT20100086 |
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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