American tropics the Caribbean roots of biodiversity science

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"By examining U.S. biological fieldwork from the era of the Spanish-American War and the construction of the Panama Canal through the anticolonial movements of the 1960s and 1970s, Raby demonstrates how research in tropical biology developed in tandem with the southward expansion of U.S. empire...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Raby, Megan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press [2017]
Colección:Flows, migrations, and exchanges.
Temas:
1897-1999
Biodiversity > United States > History > 20th century.
Biology > Fieldwork > Caribbean Area > History > 20th century.
Biology > Fieldwork > Political aspects > Caribbean Area.
Biology > Fieldwork > United States > History > 20th century.
Biodiversité > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Biologie > Recherche sur le terrain > Caraïbes (Région) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Biologie > Recherche sur le terrain > Aspect politique > Caraïbes (Région)
Biologie > Recherche sur le terrain > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Biodiversity
Biology > Fieldwork
Diplomatic relations
United States > Foreign relations > 1897-1901.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1897-1901.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 20e siècle.
Caribbean Area
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations in the Text
  • Introduction: From Tropicality to Biodiversity
  • Chapter One: An American Tropical Laboratory
  • Chapter Two: Making Biology Tropical
  • Chapter Three: Jungle Island
  • Chapter Four: The Question of Diversity
  • Chapter Five: A Global Resource
  • Epilogue: Postcolonial Ecology
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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