Sergio Diaz-Briquets

Broschiertes Buch

Conquering Nature

The Enviromental Legacy of Socialism in Cuba

Beschreibung

Conquering Nature, the only book-length analysis of the environmental situation in Cuba after four decades of socialist rule, is based on extensive examination of secondary sources and informed by the study of development and environmental trends in former socialist countries as well as in the developing world. Winner of the 2002 Warren Dean Memorial Award from Environmentl History of Latin America.

Autor

Sergio Diaz-Briquets is executive director of the Council for Human Development and vice president of Casals & Associates, a consulting firm in the Washington, D.C. area. Previous appointments include research director of the U.S. Congressional Commission for the Study of International Migration and Cooperative Economic Development, and project director with the Population Reference Bureau. He has also been a consultant to numerous international development agencies. His books include The Health Revolution in Cuba, and Cuban Internationalism in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has a Ph.D. in demography from the University of Pennsylvania.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 155mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780822957218
• ISBN-10: 0822957213
• Artikelnr.: 21843463