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Dear Educator:
Monthly Review Press has a new title that we think you will find
of interest. Exam copies are available. Please contact Renee
Pendergrass at mreview@igc.apc.org, Monthly Review Press,=20
122 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001, Tel: 1-800-670-9499,=20
Fax: (212) 727-3676.
GREEN GUERRILLAS
Environmental Conflicts and Initiatives in Latin America=20
and the Caribbean, A Reader
edited by Helen Collinson
"This remarkable collection is just what we needed.=20
Its diverse viewpoints share a respect for the rich=20
complexity of the social/natural environment and a=20
willingness to challenge received wisdom." =20
--Richard Levins, Professor of Population Sciences,=20
Harvard School of Public Health
Green Guerrillas brings together leading environmental writers on both sides
of the Atlantic to highlight the many imaginative and sustainable grassroots
alternatives and the extent to which they are influencing state and
corporate policies in Latin America. Vivid reports profiling community
initiatives--from a Salvadoran coffee coop fighting for a forest threatened
by a deluxe housing development to an innovative plan implemented in Brazil
to reduce traffic congestion and pollution--make this wide-ranging anthology
an authoritative volume on the continent's environmental movement.
Helen Collinson is an editor at the Latin America Bureau in London. She is
editor of, and contributor to, Women and Revolution in Nicaragua (Zed Books,
1990) and the author of Death on Delivery: The Impact of the Arms Trade on
the Third World (CAAT, 1989).=20
A Latin America Bureau book distributed by Monthly Review Press
0-85345-980-0 paper/$19.00/244 pp.
environment/development/Latin America
CONTENTS
1. THE CRISIS AND THE MOVEMENT: CONTINENTAL PERSPECTIVES
The Growing Ecological Crisis in Latin America, Elizabeth Dore
Social Pressure for Environmental Reform in Latin America, David Kaimovitz
2. INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTS
Native Peoples and Sustainable Development, Al Gedicks
The Land of Our Ancestors' Bones: Wich=A1 Peoples' Struggle in the
Argentine Chaco, Aidan Rankin
Unravelling the Pristine Myth, Elizabeth Dore
Debating "Indigenous" Agricultural Development: Indian
Organizations in the Central Andes of Ecuador, Anthony Bebbington
Oil, Lawlessness, and Indigenous Struggles in Ecuador's
Oriente,Judith Kimerling
Colombia's Plan Pac=A1fico: Indigenous and Afro-Colombian
Communities Challenge the Developers, Lucy Alexander=20
3. FIGHT FOR THE FOREST
Amazonian Indians and Peasants: Coping in the Age of Development,
Stephen Nugent
Did Chico Mendes Die in Vain? Brazilian Rubber Tappers in the
1990s, Anthony Hall
Fruit Farming in the Brazilian Amazon: A Sustainable Alternative,
Catherine Matheson
Pioneer Women and the Destruction of the Rainforests, Janet
Townsend
Can Ecotourism Save Ecuador's Cloud Forests? James Fair
4. MODERNIZATION: ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS AND POPULAR RESPONSES=20
New Harvests, Old Problems: The Challenges Facing Latin America's
Agro-export Boom, Lori Ann Thrupp
The Price of a Perfect Flower: Environmental Destruction and
Health Hazards in the Colombian Flower Industry, Sarah Stewart
David vs. Goliath: Fishermen Conflicts with Mariculturalists in
Honduras, Denise Stanley
Confronting Haiti's Environmental Crisis: A Tale of Two Visions,
Charles Arthur
The Greening of Cuba, Peter Rosset
Puerto Rico's Energy Fix, Marianne Meyn
Green Crime, Green Redemption: The Environment and Ecotourism in
the Caribbean, Polly Pattullo
Where Will All the Garbage Go?: Tourism, Politics, and the
Environment in Barbados, Hilary McD. Beckles
5. URBAN ECOWARRIORS: CONFLICTS AND INITIATIVES IN LATIN AMERICAN
CITIES
Enlightened Cities: The Urban Environment in Latin America, Julio
D.=A0vila
San Salvador: The City Versus the Forest, Nick Caistor
Colombia's Independent Recyclers' Union: A Model for Urban Waste
Management, Margarita Pacheco
Santo Domingo: An Alternative City Plan, Jorge Cela
Curitiba: Towards Sustainable Urban Development, Jonas
Rabinovitch