Conquering Nature: The Enviromental Legacy of Socialism in Cuba (Pitt Latin American Studies)
"For 40 years I have worked on Cuba and never thought that a study on the island environment under socialism could be done. Despite the apparent lack of information, D'az-Briquets and Perez-Lopez have accomplished the impossible task, providing data and analysis on every important aspect related to the topic: law, physical setting, demographics, mining, industry, nuclear energy, agriculture and forestry, water, urban decay, and the impact of the 1990s crisis. Certainly, it will become a classic."  --Carmelo Mesa-Lago, University of Pittsburgh"This book is a necessary and timely contribution to our understanding of the challenges that Cuba faces at the turn of the century. It attempts an overview of the environmental problems that have resulted from (or have been worsened by) almost forty years of socialist policies. The book is balanced and avoids excessively ideological positions. It is a remarkable book."   --Hector Suez, School for Field Studies, Beverly, Massachusetts, and the Center for Sustainable Development Studies, Costa Rica"This is a rich book that will be welcomed by scholars on Cuba, Latin America, environmental affairs and policy, and political science. It is fair, even-handed, and raises numerous thoughtful questions about the predatory nature of unfettered capitalism and socialism disengaged from popular participation and a concern with the sustainability of renewable resources, and the conservation of those that are nonrenewable."  --Emilio Moran, director, Anthropological Center  for Training and Research on Global Environmental Change, Indiana University--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.