From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba : an Environmental History since 1492.

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In this award-winning environmental history of Cuba since the age of Columbus, Reinaldo Funes Monzote emphasizes the two processes that have had the most dramatic impact on the island's landscape: deforestation and sugar cultivation. During the first 300 years of Spanish settlement, sugar plant...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Monzote, Reinaldo Funes
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
Colección:Envisioning Cuba.
Temas:
Sugarcane > Cuba > History.
Sugarcane industry > Cuba > History.
Forest management > Cuba > History.
Canne à sucre > Cuba > Histoire.
Canne à sucre > Industrie > Cuba > Histoire.
Forêts > Gestion > Cuba > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
Forest management
Sugarcane
Sugarcane industry
Cuba
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Omnipresent Forest and the Beginnings of the Sugar Industry; 2 Shipbuilding and the Sugar Industry, 17721791; 3 The Struggle over Private Ownership of Forests, 17921815; 4 Sugar and the Absolute Freedom to Clear Forests, 18151876; 5 Centralization of the Sugar Industry and the Forests, 18761898; 6 North American Capital and Sugar's Final Assault on the Forest, 18981926; Conclusion: From Forests to Sugar: An Insignificant Change?; Appendix 1 Scientific Names of Plants and Animals.
  • Appendix 2 Temperature and Precipitation in the Natural Regions of CubaAppendix 3 Units of Measure, with Equivalents; Notes; Glossary; Bibliographic Essay; Index.

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