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
Autor principal: Raby, Megan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Diplomatic relations
Biology > Fieldwork
Biodiversity
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Biologie > Recherche sur le terrain > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Biologie > Recherche sur le terrain > Aspect politique > Caraïbes (Region)
Biologie > Recherche sur le terrain > Caraïbes (Region) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Biodiversite > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Biology > Fieldwork > United States > History > 20th century.
Biology > Fieldwork > Political aspects > Caribbean Area.
Biology > Fieldwork > Caribbean Area > History > 20th century.
Biodiversity > United States > History > 20th century.
United States
Caribbean Area
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > 20e siecle.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > 1897-1901.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 1897-1901.
History
Electronic books.
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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