The Resource From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba : an Environmental History since 1492
From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba : an Environmental History since 1492
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The item From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba : an Environmental History since 1492 represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- In this award-winning environmental history of Cuba since the age of Columbus, Reinaldo Funes Monzote emphasizes the two processes that have had the most dramatic impact on the island's landscape: deforestation and sugar cultivation. During the first 300 years of Spanish settlement, sugar plantations arose primarily in areas where forests had been cleared by the royal navy, which maintained an interest in management and conservation for the shipbuilding industry. The sugar planters won a decisive victory in 1815, however, when they were allowed to clear extensive forests, without restriction
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (378 pages)
- Contents
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- Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Omnipresent Forest and the Beginnings of the Sugar Industry; 2 Shipbuilding and the Sugar Industry, 17721791; 3 The Struggle over Private Ownership of Forests, 17921815; 4 Sugar and the Absolute Freedom to Clear Forests, 18151876; 5 Centralization of the Sugar Industry and the Forests, 18761898; 6 North American Capital and Sugar's Final Assault on the Forest, 18981926; Conclusion: From Forests to Sugar: An Insignificant Change?; Appendix 1 Scientific Names of Plants and Animals
- Appendix 2 Temperature and Precipitation in the Natural Regions of CubaAppendix 3 Units of Measure, with Equivalents; Notes; Glossary; Bibliographic Essay; Index
- Isbn
- 9780807888865
- Label
- From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba : an Environmental History since 1492
- Title
- From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba
- Title remainder
- an Environmental History since 1492
- Subject
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- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business
- Cuba
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Electronic books -- History
- Forest management
- Forest management -- Cuba -- History
- History
- History
- NATURE -- Natural Resources
- Sugarcane
- Sugarcane -- Cuba -- History
- Sugarcane industry
- Sugarcane industry -- Cuba -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this award-winning environmental history of Cuba since the age of Columbus, Reinaldo Funes Monzote emphasizes the two processes that have had the most dramatic impact on the island's landscape: deforestation and sugar cultivation. During the first 300 years of Spanish settlement, sugar plantations arose primarily in areas where forests had been cleared by the royal navy, which maintained an interest in management and conservation for the shipbuilding industry. The sugar planters won a decisive victory in 1815, however, when they were allowed to clear extensive forests, without restriction
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Monzote, Reinaldo Funes
- Dewey number
- 333.75137097291
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- SB229.C9
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Envisioning Cuba
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sugarcane
- Sugarcane industry
- Forest management
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- NATURE
- Forest management
- Sugarcane
- Sugarcane industry
- Cuba
- Label
- From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba : an Environmental History since 1492
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- not applicable
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Omnipresent Forest and the Beginnings of the Sugar Industry; 2 Shipbuilding and the Sugar Industry, 17721791; 3 The Struggle over Private Ownership of Forests, 17921815; 4 Sugar and the Absolute Freedom to Clear Forests, 18151876; 5 Centralization of the Sugar Industry and the Forests, 18761898; 6 North American Capital and Sugar's Final Assault on the Forest, 18981926; Conclusion: From Forests to Sugar: An Insignificant Change?; Appendix 1 Scientific Names of Plants and Animals
- Appendix 2 Temperature and Precipitation in the Natural Regions of CubaAppendix 3 Units of Measure, with Equivalents; Notes; Glossary; Bibliographic Essay; Index
- Control code
- 609863444
- Extent
- 1 online resource (378 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780807888865
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)609863444
- Label
- From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba : an Environmental History since 1492
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Omnipresent Forest and the Beginnings of the Sugar Industry; 2 Shipbuilding and the Sugar Industry, 17721791; 3 The Struggle over Private Ownership of Forests, 17921815; 4 Sugar and the Absolute Freedom to Clear Forests, 18151876; 5 Centralization of the Sugar Industry and the Forests, 18761898; 6 North American Capital and Sugar's Final Assault on the Forest, 18981926; Conclusion: From Forests to Sugar: An Insignificant Change?; Appendix 1 Scientific Names of Plants and Animals
- Appendix 2 Temperature and Precipitation in the Natural Regions of CubaAppendix 3 Units of Measure, with Equivalents; Notes; Glossary; Bibliographic Essay; Index
- Control code
- 609863444
- Extent
- 1 online resource (378 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780807888865
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)609863444
Subject
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business
- Cuba
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Electronic books -- History
- Forest management
- Forest management -- Cuba -- History
- History
- History
- NATURE -- Natural Resources
- Sugarcane
- Sugarcane -- Cuba -- History
- Sugarcane industry
- Sugarcane industry -- Cuba -- History
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