Insatiable appetite : the United States and the ecological degradation of the tropical world /

This text presents a history of the transformation of the tropics in modern times, pointing ultimately to the declining biodiversity that has resulted from the domestication of widely varied natural systems.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tucker, Richard P., 1938-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press ©2000.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnxtd
Description
Summary:This text presents a history of the transformation of the tropics in modern times, pointing ultimately to the declining biodiversity that has resulted from the domestication of widely varied natural systems.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 551 pages) : maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-524) and index.
ISBN:9780520923812
0520923812
0585390088
9780585390086
0520220870
9780520220874
1282356453
9781282356450