Richard P. Tucker

Insatiable Appetite

The United States and the Ecological Degradation of the Tropical World

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now in a concise edition created expressly for students and general readers, this widely hailed study traces the transformation of the tropics in modern times. Exploring the central role of the United States in the ongoing devastation of tropical lands, Richard P. Tucker highlights the unrelenting pressure caused by the demands of U.S. consumerism. The forced domestication of varied natural systems ultimately led to a devastating decline in biodiversity. The author brings his analysis to life with a series of vivid case studies of sugar, bananas, coffee, rubber, beef, and timber-each a virtual empire in itself. All readers who are interested in environmental degradation and its links to the world economy will be enlightened by this nuanced history.

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Produktdetails

• Exploring World History
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 459g
• ISBN-13: 9780742553651
• ISBN-10: 0742553655
• Artikelnr.: 22535471

Autorenporträt

By Richard P. Tucker

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: America's Global Environmental Reach Chapter 1: America's
Sweet Tooth: Cane Sugar Transforms Tropical Lowlands Chapter 2: Banana
Republics: Yankee Fruit Companies and the Tropical American Lowlands
Chapter 3: The Last Drop: The American Coffee Market and the Hill Regions
of South America Chapter 4: The Tropical Cost of the Automotive Age:
Corporate Rubber Empires and the Rainforest Chapter 5: The Crop on Hooves:
American Cattle Ranching in Latin America Chapter 6: Unsustainable Yield:
American Loggers and Foresters in the Tropics Conclusion: Consuming
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