Hauser, Mark W.
Mapping Water in Dominica: Enslavement and Environment under Colonialism (Culture, Place, and Nature)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780295748726
- author:
- Hauser, Mark W.
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- University of Washington Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 284
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 centimeters
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Archaeology,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Mapping Water in Dominica reveals how sugarcane monoculture devastated an island's water supply and people. Once described as "Nature?s Island", Dominica was rich in biodiversity and abundant water, but a failed attempt to replace varied plant species with sugarcane caused widespread ecological and social disruption.
The book situates the social lives of eighteenth-century enslaved laborers within the natural history of two Dominican enclaves. Mark Hauser draws on archaeological and archival history from Dominica to reconstruct how enslaved people interacted with water, exposing crucial pieces of Dominica?s colonial history that have been omitted from official documents.
The investigation documents a valuable example of an environmental challenge centered around insufficient water, shedding light on the intricate relationships between plantation slavery and environmental devastation. This open access edition is available through the Sustainable History Monograph Pilot, thanks to generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Northwestern University Libraries.
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