Insatiable Appetite
Subtitle: The United States and the Ecological Degradation of the Tropical World
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: November 6, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9780520220874
Subjects: Agriculture & related industries; American history; The Environment; c 1800 to c 1900; Environmental Science; Economic History; Tropical crops; Nature; Environmental Studies; Investments, American; Nature/Ecology; Tropics; USA; Development - Sustainable Development; History / General; Agriculture - General; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; 20th century; Economic aspects; Environmental aspects; History
First sentence: 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.