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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Richard P. TuckerPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 1.043kg ISBN: 9780520220874ISBN 10: 0520220870 Pages: 564 Publication Date: 01 November 2000 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsIntroduction PART ONE: CROPLANDS 1. America's Sweet Tooth: The Sugar Trust and the Caribbean Lowlands 2. Lords of the Pacific: Sugar Barons in the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands 3. Banana Republics: Yankee Fruit Companies and the Tropical American Lowlands 4. The Last Drop: The American Coffee Market and the Hill Regions of Latin America 5. The Tropical Coast of the Automotive Age: Corporate Runner Empires and the Rainforest PART TWO: PASTURELANDS 6. The Crop on Hooves: Yankee Interests in Tropical Cattle Ranching PART THREE: FORESTLANDS 7. Unsustainable Yields: American Foresters and Tropical Timber ResourcesReviewsThis carefully researched book traces the history of the transformation of the tropics over the last 200 years, and the declining biodiversity that has resulted from the domestication of widely varied natural systems. . . . There is much to be studied and thought about in this detailed and superbly researched book. -- International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology Author InformationRichard 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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