In the late 1800s, American entrepreneurs became participants in the 400-year history of European economic and ecological hegemony in the tropics. This book presents the history of the transformation of the tropics in modern times, pointing to the declining biodiversity that has resulted from the domestication of widely varied natural systems.
In the late 1800s, American entrepreneurs became participants in the 400-year history of European economic and ecological hegemony in the tropics. This book presents the history of the transformation of the tropics in modern times, pointing to the declining biodiversity that has resulted from the domestication of widely varied natural systems.
Richard P. Tucker is Professor of Asian and Environmental History at Oakland University, and Adjunct Professor of Natural Resources at the University of Michigan. He is coeditor of Global Deforestation and the Nineteenth-Century World Economy (1983), World Deforestation in the Twentieth Century (1987), and other books.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: America's Global Environmental Reach Chapter 1: America's Sweet Tooth: Cane Sugar Transforms Tropical Lowlands Chapter 2: Banana Republics: Yankee Fruit Companies and the Tropical American Lowlands Chapter 3: The Last Drop: The American Coffee Market and the Hill Regions of South America Chapter 4: The Tropical Cost of the Automotive Age: Corporate Rubber Empires and the Rainforest Chapter 5: The Crop on Hooves: American Cattle Ranching in Latin America Chapter 6: Unsustainable Yield: American Loggers and Foresters in the Tropics Conclusion: Consuming Appetites
Introduction: America's Global Environmental Reach Chapter 1: America's Sweet Tooth: Cane Sugar Transforms Tropical Lowlands Chapter 2: Banana Republics: Yankee Fruit Companies and the Tropical American Lowlands Chapter 3: The Last Drop: The American Coffee Market and the Hill Regions of South America Chapter 4: The Tropical Cost of the Automotive Age: Corporate Rubber Empires and the Rainforest Chapter 5: The Crop on Hooves: American Cattle Ranching in Latin America Chapter 6: Unsustainable Yield: American Loggers and Foresters in the Tropics Conclusion: Consuming Appetites
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