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Insatiable appetite : the United States and the ecological degradation of the tropical world / Richard P. Tucker.

By: Series: Exploring world historyPublication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2007.Edition: Concise rev. edDescription: ix, 267 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0742553655 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780742553651 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.70913 22
LOC classification:
  • HD1417 .T83 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
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.

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.

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