00650nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000190001724500650003626000090010152003760011058300190048694200060050599900170051120260716043327.0  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  cA  c44952d44952