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Insatiable Appetite: The United States and the Ecological Degradation of the Tropical World
Insatiable Appetite The United States and the Ecological Degradation of the Tropical World
Author: Richard P. Tucker
In the late 1800s American entrepreneurs became participants in the 400-year history of European economic and ecological hegemony in the tropics. Beginning as buyers in the tropical ports of the Atlantic and Pacific, they evolved into land speculators, controlling and managing the areas where tropical crops were grown for carefully fostered cons...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520220874
ISBN-10: 0520220870
Publication Date: 11/6/2000
Pages: 441
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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