Insatiable Appetite: The United States and the Ecological Degradation of the Tropical World Hardcover - 2000
by Richard P. Tucker
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Sugar cane was the first tropical plantation crop grown in the Americas for European consumption, linking tropical land and vegetation systems directly with the global economic web of the mercantilist empires.
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"This is a fascinating book. Tucker draws together an amazing amount of material to demonstrate how the U.S., through exploitation, consumption, and demand over the past several centuries, has had a major impact on the ecology of tropical landscapes. It is a sobering, much-needed wake-up call to those who view the tropics as an endless cornucopia of resources." --Charles M. Peters, The New York Botanical Garden
"This well-written book presents a critical and much-needed new insight into an important problem." --Otto T. Solbrig, Bussey Professor of Biology, Harvard University
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- Title Insatiable Appetite: The United States and the Ecological Degradation of the Tropical World
- Author Richard P. Tucker
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 564
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
- Date 2000-11-01
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780520220874 / 0520220870
- Weight 2.3 lbs (1.04 kg)
- Dimensions 9.32 x 6.46 x 1.62 in (23.67 x 16.41 x 4.11 cm)
- Reading level 1410
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Themes
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Tropical crops - Economic aspects - History, Tropical crops - Environmental aspects -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00037774
- Dewey Decimal Code 333.709
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- Choice, 04/01/2001, Page 1507
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