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Author:

Tucker, Richard P., 1938-

Title:

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

Edition:

Concise rev. ed.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

ix, 267 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Tropical crops--History--History--20th century.
Tropical crops--History--History--20th century.
Investments, American--Tropics--History--20th century.
Environmental degradation--Tropics--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Series:

Exploring world history

ISBN:

9780742553651 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0742553655 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006101556

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)