States of nature : science, agriculture, and environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940 /

Traces the history of the intersections between nature, economy, and nation in the Spanish Caribbean through a history of the agricultural and botanical sciences.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCook, Stuart George, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Agriculture > Caribbean Area > History.
Agricultural innovations > Caribbean Area > History.
Agriculture > Technology transfer > Caribbean Area > History.
Agriculture > Environmental aspects > Caribbean Area > History.
Agriculture > Caraïbes (Région) > Histoire.
Agriculture > Innovations > Caraïbes (Région) > Histoire.
Agriculture > Transfert de technologie > Caraïbes (Région) > Histoire.
Agriculture > Aspect de l'environnement > Caraïbes (Région) > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
NATURE / Plants / Mushrooms
Agricultural innovations
Agriculture
Agriculture > Environmental aspects
Agriculture > Technology transfer
Landwirtschaft
Natur
Naturwissenschaften
Geschichte 1760-1940.
Caribbean Area
Hispanophone Karibik
Agricultura > Caribe (Región) > Historia
Agricultura > Innovaciones > Caribe (Región) > Historia
Agricultura > Tecnología > Transferencia > Caribe (Región) > Historia
Agricultura > Aspectos ambientales.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Science, Nature, and Development during the Export Boom, 1760-1940
  • 1. Commodity and Culture: The Rediscovery of Nature in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1890
  • 2. Giving Plants a Civil Status: Scientific Representations of Nature and Nation in Venezuela and Costa Rica, 1885-1935
  • 3. Building Creole Science: Science and Ideologies of Agricultural Development in Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1898-1930
  • 4. Agricultural Science and the Ecological Rationalization of the Caribbean Sugar Industry, 1780-1930
  • 5. Promoting the "Practical": Technocratic Ideologies of Science and Progress in an Age of Fragile Prosperity, 1924-1930
  • 6. Conclusion: The Great Depression, the Plant Sciences, and Changing Paradigms of Agricultural Development, 1928-1940.

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