Insatiable appetite : the United States and the ecological degradation of the tropical world /

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This text presents a history of the transformation of the tropics in modern times, pointing ultimately to the declining biodiversity that has resulted from the domestication of widely varied natural systems.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tucker, Richard P., 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
Temas:
1900-1999
Tropical crops > Economic aspects > History > 20th century.
Tropical crops > Environmental aspects > History > 20th century.
Investments, American > Tropics > History > 20th century.
Environmental degradation > Tropics > History > 20th century.
Tropical Climate
Environment
Cultures tropicales > Aspect économique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Cultures tropicales > Aspect de l'environnement > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Environnement > Dégradation > Régions tropicales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Environmental degradation
Investments, American
Tropical crops > Economic aspects
Ontbossing.
Ecologische aspecten.
Tropics
Verenigde Staten.
Ontwikkelingslanden.
Samfundsvidenskab > Økonomi.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • America's sweet tooth: the sugar trust and the Caribbean lowlands
  • Lords of the Pacific: sugar barons in the Hawaiian and Philippine islands
  • Banana republics: yankee fruit companies and the tropical American lowlands
  • The last drop: the American coffee market and the hill regions of Latin America
  • The tropical cost of the automotive age: corporate rubber empires and the rainforest
  • The crop on hooves: yankee interests in tropical cattle ranching
  • Unsustainable yield: American foresters and tropical timber resources.

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