Book
Kicking off the bootstraps: environment, development, and community power in Puerto Rico
University of Arizona Press • Tucson • Published In 1966 • Pages: xii, 211
By: Berman Santana, Déborah.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is a detailed study of what the author calls "sustainable development" as it exists in Salinas, Puerto Rico, a town rich in resources, but plagued by poverty and dependence, with its people and environment suffering from the effects of modern colonialism and "development". Salinas, however, is home to a group of activists who are looking for alternatives and have devoted themselves to working on plans to develop community-directed, and environmentally and socially responsible use of local resources (natural resource management). By doing so they hope to empower the community to make their own key decisions concerning local economic planning. Much of the document deals with "developmental theory", and Berman Santana's discussion of sustainable development as it applies to Salinas and to Puerto Rico in general.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- History
- Special crops
- Labor supply and employment
- Economic planning and development
- Environmental quality
- Political movements
- Press
- Social relationships and groups
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Puerto Ricans (Island)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Geographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1990-1996
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1898-1996
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Salinas, Puerto Rico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Déborah Berman Santana
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-206) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 96010096
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Economic development--Environmental aspects--Puerto Rico--Salinas
- Environmental degradation--Puerto Rico--Salinas
- Community organization--Puerto Rico--Salinas