00574nam a2200085Ia 4500100001900000245006500019260000900084520037600093583001900469  aWELCH, Barbara  aBanana dependency : albatross or liferaft for the Windwards.  c1994  aExamines the internal and external factors that have created and sustained the banana industry, and its relationship with the economic situation and prospects of the islands as a whole. Focuses on Dominica and Saint Lucia.  Contends that while there are no realistic alternatives, governments and individual farmers should remain alert and open to promising alternatives.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR