Insatiable Appetite: The United States and the Ecological Degradation of the Tropical World

by Richard P. Tucker

Book Overview

Now in a concise edition created expressly for students and general readers, this widely hailed study traces the transformation of the tropics in modern times. Exploring the central role of the United States in the ongoing devastation of tropical lands, Richard P. Tucker shows how, in the late 1800s, American speculators first became participants in the centuries-long history of European economic and ecological hegemony in the tropics. Beginning as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742553655
• ISBN13: 9780742553651
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.9"