Mapping Water in Dominica: Enslavement and Environment Under Colonialism
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How sugarcane monoculture decimated an island's water supply and people
Open access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295748733
Dominica, a place once described as "Nature's Island," was rich in biodiversity and seemingly abundant water, but in the eighteenth century a brief, failed attempt by colonial administrators to replace cultivation of varied plant species with sugarcane caused widespread ecological and social disruption. Illustrating...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0295748729
ISBN13:9780295748726
Release Date:May 2021
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Length:284 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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