Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1974

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Weiss, Gerald

Abstract

An investigation of the decline of traditional boat building in the Bahama Islands was attempted. National and local level analysis indicated that the collapse of the sponging industry in the late 1930's and the introduction of development in the last two decades led to the decline. The consequences of development in the Bahamas, i.e., a changing economy; a complex occupational profile; urban growth and migration to the city; increases in communication, transportation, and public conveniences; government policy changes; fewer participants in traditional festivals and ceremonies; family structure changes; and value shifts, were analyzed for their contribution to the decline of boat building. Lisbon Creek and Man o' War Cay, two traditional centers of boat building, were the foci of local level investigation. The difference in the degree of decline in the communities was attributed to differentials in development and exposure to its consequences.

Extent

133 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1974.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13682

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