Ecological Perception and Economic Adaptation in Jamaica
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2498361 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allen S Ehrlich (Eastern Michigan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-161 |
| Publication date | 1974-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.33.2.9m613l2132np5472 |
| OpenAlex | W1968003532 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
East Indians brought to Jamaica as indentured servants have undergone a number of changes in adaptation. The major factor underlying the adaptations has been the different ways in which the sugar plantation system has perceived the environmental setting. Initially, sugar estate owners and Indian cane workers in western Jamaica delineated an environment composed of two separate and mutually exclusive ecological niches: (1) flat dry lands for the production of sugar cane, and (2) wet morass lands for the cultivation of rice. This initial perception and demarcation of ecological boundaries enabled the Indians to make a two-fold adaptation based upon peasant and wage earning activities. Later, however, the estates perceived the need to expand cane production and the rice growing niche was destroyed. With the swamp lands drained, the Indians' adaptive stance was undercut and subsequently they developed into a rural proletariat
Adaptation (eye) · Agriculture · Biology · Business · Ecological niche · Economics · Estate · Geography · Habitat · Livelihood · Market economy · Peasant · Production (economics) · Wage · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Ecology · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Historical Sociology of the Jamacain Church-founded free Village system
Negro Labor in Jamaica in the Years Following Emancipation
Agrarian Revolt in a Mexican Village
Making a Living during the Dead Season in Sugar-Producing Regions of the Caribbean
An Analysis of Ritual Co-Parenthood (Compadrazgo)
History, Ecology, and Demography in the British Caribbean
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 1982 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |