Insatiable Appetite The United States and the Ecological Degradation of the Tropical World

Name: Insatiable Appetite The United States and the Ecological Degradation of the Tropical World
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ISBN: 9780520220874

ISBN-10: 0520220870

ISBN-13: 9780520220874

Edition: 2001

Authors: Richard P. Tucker

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In the late 1800s American entrepreneurs became participants in the 400-year history of European economic and ecological hegemony in the tropics. Beginning as buyers in the tropical ports of the Atlantic and Pacific, they evolved into land speculators, controlling and managing the areas where tropical crops were grown for carefully fostered consumer markets at home. As corporate agro-industry emerged, the speculators took direct control of the ecological destinies of many tropical lands. Supported by the U.S. government's diplomatic and military protection, they migrated and built private empires in the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Pacific, Southeast Asia, and West Africa.…

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List price: $73.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/1/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 564
Size: 0.67" wide x 0.93" long x 0.16" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English



Introduction



Croplands



America's Sweet Tooth: The Sugar Trust and the Caribbean Lowlands



Lords of the Pacific: Sugar Barons in the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands



Banana Republics: Yankee Fruit Companies and the Tropical American Lowlands



The Last Drop: The American Coffee Market and the Hill Regions of Latin America



The Tropical Coast of the Automotive Age: Corporate Runner Empires and the Rainforest



Pasturelands



The Crop on Hooves: Yankee Interests in Tropical Cattle Ranching



Forestlands



Unsustainable Yields: American Foresters and Tropical Timber Resources