Notes
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The Historical Legacy: The Emergence of Bay Islander Identity -- Geographical Setting -- Spanish-Anglo Conflict in the Bay Islands -- The Crown Colony of the Bay Islands -- The Postcolonial Bay Islands -- The Islandsʹ Postcolonial Economy -- Bay Islander Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity -- Ch. 3. Imagining the Bay Islands: The Expansion of International Tourism -- The Emergence of the Modern Tourism Sector -- The Boom in International Tourism -- Tourism Development in Sandy Bay, West End, West Bay Beach, and Flowers Bay -- Ch. 4. Tourism, Demography, and Environment -- Legislative and Regulatory Framework -- Major Conservation Efforts: The Bay Islands Environmental Management Project -- Residentsʹ Views on Environmental and Other Island Problems -- Population Growth in the Bay Islands -- Land Use and Land Cover -- Environmental Conditions -- Human Environmental Health -- Endangered Species -- Protected Areas -- Ch. 5. The Impacts of Tourism on Community, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender -- Community, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender -- Household Structure and Demography -- The Household Economy -- Well-Being as Indicated by Household Consumption -- Patterns in Nutritional Status -- Well-Being as Suggested by Environmental Health -- Winners, Losers, and Enhanced Social Conflict -- Ch. 6. Contending Coalitions Surrounding Tourism and Conservation -- Linking Development, Conservation, and Community -- Social Categories, Interest Groups, and Stakeholders -- Conflicts and Coalitions Surrounding Tourism and Conservation -- Current Trends in Conservation: The Sandy Bay-West End Marine Reserve -- Moving Toward Effective Community-Based Tourism Development and Conservation -- Ch. 7. The Political Ecology of Tourism and Conservation -- The Political Ecology of Tourism and Conservation in the Bay Islands -- Obstacles to Community Participation, Development, and Environmental Conservation -- Enhancing Local Participation -- Integrating Cultural Survival Into Tourism and Conservation -- The Role of History -- Tourism as Economic Development in the Bay Islands and Central America -- Toward More Comprehensive Tourism Policy
