A living past : environmental histories of modern Latin America / edited by John Soluri, Claudia Leal, and José Augusto Pádua.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Soluri, John, editor.

Leal, Claudia, 1970- editor.

Pádua, José Augusto, editor.

Series:

The Environment in History: International Perspectives ; Volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Latin America--History.

Human ecology.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--Latin America--History.

Nature.

Latin America--Environmental conditions.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables.

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] ; London, [England] : Berghahn, 2018.

Summary:

Though still a relatively young field, the study of Latin American environmental history is blossoming, as the contributions to this definitive volume demonstrate. Bringing together thirteen leading experts on the region, A Living Past synthesizes a wide range of scholarship to offer new perspectives on environmental change in Latin America and the Spanish Caribbean since the nineteenth century. Each chapter provides insightful, up-to-date syntheses of current scholarship on critical countries and ecosystems (including Brazil, Mexico, the Caribbean, the tropical Andes, and tropical forests) and such cross-cutting themes as agriculture, conservation, mining, ranching, science, and urbanization. Together, these studies provide valuable historical contexts for making sense of contemporary environmental challenges facing the region.

Contents:

Finding the "Latin American" in Latin American environmental history / John Soluri, Claudia Leal, Jose Augusto Padua

Mexico's ecological revolutions / Chris Boyer, Martha Micheline Cariño Olvera

The greater Caribbean and the transformation of tropicality / Reinaldo Funes Monzote

Indigenous imprints and remnants in the tropical Andes / Nicolás Cuvi

The dilemma of the "splendid cradle" : nature and territory in the construction of Brazil / José Augusto Pádua

From threatening to threatened jungles / Claudia Leal

The wall and the ivy : environmental narratives from an urban continent / Lise Sedrez, Regina Horta Duarte

Home cooking : campesinos, cuisine, and agrodiversity / John Soluri

Hoofprints : cattle ranching and landscape transformation / Shawn Van Ausdal, Robert W. Wilcox

Extraction stories : workers, nature, and communities in the mining and oil industries / Myrna I. Santiago

Prodigality and sustainability : the environmental sciences and the quest for development / Stuart McCook

A panorama of parks : deep nature, depopulation, and the cadence of conserving nature / Emily Wakild

Latin American environmental history in global perspective / J.R. McNeill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-658-8

1-78533-391-7

OCLC:

1019836454