TY - BOOK AU - WELCH, Barbara TI - Banana dependency : albatross or liferaft for the Windwards PY - 1994/// N2 - Examines 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 ER -