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Insatiable appetite : the United States and the ecological degradation of the tropical world / Richard P. Tucker.
LIBRA HD1417 .T83 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tucker, Richard P., 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tropical crops--Economic aspects--History--20th century.
- Tropical crops.
- Tropical crops--Environmental aspects--History--20th century.
- Investments, American--Tropics--History--20th century.
- Investments, American.
- Environmental degradation--Tropics--History--20th century.
- Environmental degradation.
- History.
- Tropical crops--Economic aspects.
- Tropics.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 551 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- This book presents a comprehensive and critical historical overview of the role played by the US as a developer and consumer of tropical nature.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-524) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520220870
- OCLC:
- 43845581
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