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100 1 _aTucker, Richard P.,
_d1938-
245 1 0 _aInsatiable appetite :
_bthe United States and the ecological degradation of the tropical world /
_cRichard P. Tucker.
250 _aConcise rev. ed.
260 _aLanham :
_bRowman & Littlefield Publishers,
_cc2007.
300 _aix, 267 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c23 cm.
490 0 _aExploring world history
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 _aTropical crops
_xEconomic aspects
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aTropical crops
_xEnvironmental aspects
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aInvestments, American
_zTropics
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aEnvironmental degradation
_zTropics
_xHistory
_y20th century.
856 4 1 _zTable of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip076/2006101556.html
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