Insatiable appetite : the United States and the ecological degradation of the tropical world /
Tucker, Richard P., 1938-
Insatiable appetite : the United States and the ecological degradation of the tropical world / Richard P. Tucker. - Concise rev. ed. - Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2007. - ix, 267 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Exploring world history .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: America's global environmental reach -- America's sweet tooth: cane sugar transforms tropical lowlands -- Banana republics: Yankee fruit companies and the tropical American lowlands -- The last drop: the American coffee market and the hill regions of South America -- The tropical cost of the automotive age: corporate rubber empires and the rainforest -- The crop on hooves: American cattle ranching in Latin America -- Unsustainable yield: American loggers and foresters in the tropics -- Conclusions: consuming appetites.
0742553655 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780742553651 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006101556
Tropical crops--Economic aspects--History--20th century.
Tropical crops--Environmental aspects--History--20th century.
Investments, American--History--Tropics--20th century.
Environmental degradation--History--Tropics--20th century.
HD1417 / .T83 2007
333.70913
Insatiable appetite : the United States and the ecological degradation of the tropical world / Richard P. Tucker. - Concise rev. ed. - Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2007. - ix, 267 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Exploring world history .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: America's global environmental reach -- America's sweet tooth: cane sugar transforms tropical lowlands -- Banana republics: Yankee fruit companies and the tropical American lowlands -- The last drop: the American coffee market and the hill regions of South America -- The tropical cost of the automotive age: corporate rubber empires and the rainforest -- The crop on hooves: American cattle ranching in Latin America -- Unsustainable yield: American loggers and foresters in the tropics -- Conclusions: consuming appetites.
0742553655 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780742553651 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006101556
Tropical crops--Economic aspects--History--20th century.
Tropical crops--Environmental aspects--History--20th century.
Investments, American--History--Tropics--20th century.
Environmental degradation--History--Tropics--20th century.
HD1417 / .T83 2007
333.70913