Insatiable appetite
Subtitle: the United States and the ecological degradation of the tropical world
By: Richard P. Tucker
Edition: Concise rev. ed
Series: Exploring world history
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780742553651
Subjects: Tropical crops -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century; Tropical crops -- Environmental aspects -- History -- 20th century; Investments, American -- Tropics -- History -- 20th century; Environmental degradation -- Tropics -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: America's global environmental reach; title: America's sweet tooth: cane sugar transforms tropical lowlands; title: Banana republics: Yankee fruit companies and the tropical American lowlands; title: The last drop: the American coffee market and the hill regions of South America; title: The tropical cost of the automotive age: corporate rubber empires and the rainforest; title: The crop on hooves: American cattle ranching in Latin America; title: Unsustainable yield: American loggers and foresters in the tropics; title: Conclusions: consuming appetites