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Exploring World History Ser.: Insatiable Appetite : The United States and the Ecological Degradation of the Tropical World by Richard P. Tucker (2007, Perfect)
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PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-100742553655
ISBN-139780742553651
eBay Product ID (ePID)57269888
Product Key Features
Number of Pages280 Pages
Publication NameInsatiable Appetite : the United States and the Ecological Degradation of the Tropical World
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAgriculture / Tropical Agriculture, Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), International Relations / General, Latin America / General, Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Investments & Securities / General
Publication Year2007
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Technology & Engineering, Science, Business & Economics, History
AuthorRichard P. Tucker
SeriesExploring World History Ser.
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight14.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2006-101556
ReviewsThis insightful work condenses and updates the original 2000 edition. Tucker explores the ecological destruction of tropical environments by US capitalists and corporations. . . . The author largely attributes tropical degradation to the insatiable appetite of the American consumer. Recommended., Praise for the first edition: A comprehensive history of American roles in tropical agriculture and forestry . . . ranging from business and environmental history to anthropology, political science, and ecology....., Praise for the first edition: This well-written book presents a critical and much-need new insight into an important problem....., This investigation creates space for big history, using consumption to bring economy and environment together., Praise for the first edition:This well-written book presents a critical and much-need new insight into an important problem., Praise for the first edition:A comprehensive history of American roles in tropical agriculture and forestry . . . ranging from business and environmental history to anthropology, political science, and ecology., Praise for the first edition: [A] well-researched, thorough exploration of the US's role in resource exploitation in the tropics. . . . The book is important as more than a historical work because the driving forces behind large-scale corporate agricultural production and timber exploitation remain at work today. Highly recommended ...., Praise for the first edition:I, and many other environmental scientists, will find it an invaluable source. . . . Too few [Americans] realize the enormous impacts citizens of the USA have because of their consumption of mundane items ranging from bananas and coffee to hamburgers, magazines and trophy homes. Richard Tucker's monumental book could help cure that ignorance., Praise for the first edition: I, and many other environmental scientists, will find it an invaluable source. . . . Too few [Americans] realize the enormous impacts citizens of the USA have because of their consumption of mundane items ranging from bananas and coffee to hamburgers, magazines and trophy homes. Richard Tucker's monumental book could help cure that ignorance...., This is a fascinating book. Tucker draws together an amazing amount of material to demonstrate how the United States, through exploitation, consumption, and demand over the past several centuries, has had a major impact on the ecology of tropical landscapes. It is a sobering, much-needed, wake-up call to those who view the tropics as an endless cornucopia of resources., Praise for the first edition:[A] well-researched, thorough exploration of the US's role in resource exploitation in the tropics. . . . The book is important as more than a historical work because the driving forces behind large-scale corporate agricultural production and timber exploitation remain at work today. Highly recommended ., A comprehensive history of American roles in tropical agriculture and forestry . . . ranging from business and environmental history to anthropology, political science, and ecology., [A] well-researched, thorough exploration of the US's role in resource exploitation in the tropics. . . . The book is important as more than a historical work because the driving forces behind large-scale corporate agricultural production and timber exploitation remain at work today. Highly recommended., Praise for the first edition: This is a fascinating book. Tucker draws together an amazing amount of material to demonstrate how the United States, through exploitation, consumption, and demand over the past several centuries, has had a major impact on the ecology of tropical landscapes. It is a sobering, much-needed, wake-up call to those who view the tropics as an endless cornucopia of resources...., Praise for the first edition:This is a fascinating book. Tucker draws together an amazing amount of material to demonstrate how the United States, through exploitation, consumption, and demand over the past several centuries, has had a major impact on the ecology of tropical landscapes. It is a sobering, much-needed, wake-up call to those who view the tropics as an endless cornucopia of resources., Praise for the first edition:[The] subject is one that diplomatic historians have not even considered, and [Tucker] is far more international than . . . most environmental historians., "This insightful work condenses and updates the original 2000 edition. Tucker explores the ecological destruction of tropical environments by US capitalists and corporations. . . . The author largely attributes tropical degradation to the insatiable appetite of the American consumer. Recommended." -- Choice Reviews "Richard Tucker has drawn on a lifetime of scholarship to produce a critical account of the ways American companies and consumers have contributed to the environmental degradation of tropical countries. Anyone interested in the American impact on the third world will benefit from the insights and information in this wide-ranging and remarkable study. The abridged paperback will find a place in a variety of classes, bringing this important story to a broader audience." --David S. Painter, Georgetown University "This investigation creates space for big history, using consumption to bring economy and environment together." --Anthony J. Amato "A comprehensive history of American roles in tropical agriculture and forestry . . . ranging from business and environmental history to anthropology, political science, and ecology." --Charles Coate, Journal of American History "I, and many other environmental scientists, will find it an invaluable source. . . . Too few [Americans] realize the enormous impacts citizens of the USA have because of their consumption of mundane items ranging from bananas and coffee to hamburgers, magazines and trophy homes. Richard Tucker's monumental book could help cure that ignorance." --Paul R. Ehrlich, Stanford University, Environmental Conservation "[A] well-researched, thorough exploration of the US's role in resource exploitation in the tropics. . . . The book is important as more than a historical work because the driving forces behind large-scale corporate agricultural production and timber exploitation remain at work today. Highly recommended." -- Choice Reviews "[The] subject is one that diplomatic historians have not even considered, and [Tucker] is far more international than . . . most environmental historians." --Kurk Dorsey, University of New Hampshire, Journal of Interdisciplinary History "This well-written book presents a critical and much-needed new insight into an important problem." --Otto T. Solbrig, Harvard University "This is a fascinating book. Tucker draws together an amazing amount of material to demonstrate how the United States, through exploitation, consumption, and demand over the past several centuries, has had a major impact on the ecology of tropical landscapes. It is a sobering, much-needed, wake-up call to those who view the tropics as an endless cornucopia of resources." --Charles M. Peters, The New York Botanical Garden, I, and many other environmental scientists, will find it an invaluable source. . . . Too few [Americans] realize the enormous impacts citizens of the USA have because of their consumption of mundane items ranging from bananas and coffee to hamburgers, magazines and trophy homes. Richard Tucker's monumental book could help cure that ignorance., [The] subject is one that diplomatic historians have not even considered, and [Tucker] is far more international than . . . most environmental historians., "This carefully researched book traces the history of the transformation of the tropics over the last 200 years, and the declining biodiversity that has resulted from the domestication of widely varied natural systems. . . . There is much to be studied and thought about in this detailed and superbly researched book."--"International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, Richard Tucker has drawn on a lifetime of scholarship to produce a critical account of the ways American companies and consumers have contributed to the environmental degradation of tropical countries. Anyone interested in the American impact on the third world will benefit from the insights and information in this wide-ranging and remarkable study. The abridged paperback will find a place in a variety of classes, bringing this important story to a broader audience.
Grade FromCollege Freshman
IllustratedYes
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
Table Of ContentIntroduction: America's Global Environmental Reach Chapter 1: America's Sweet Tooth: Cane Sugar Transforms Tropical Lowlands Chapter 2: Banana Republics: Yankee Fruit Companies and the Tropical American Lowlands Chapter 3: The Last Drop: The American Coffee Market and the Hill Regions of South America Chapter 4: The Tropical Cost of the Automotive Age: Corporate Rubber Empires and the Rainforest Chapter 5: The Crop on Hooves: American Cattle Ranching in Latin America Chapter 6: Unsustainable Yield: American Loggers and Foresters in the Tropics Conclusion: Consuming Appetites
SynopsisNow 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 Tucker highlights the unrelenting pressure caused by the demands of U.S. consumerism. The forced domestication of varied natural systems ultimately led to a devastating decline in biodiversity. The author brings his analysis to life with a series of vivid case studies of sugar, bananas, coffee, rubber, beef, and timber-each a virtual empire in itself. All readers who are interested in environmental degradation and its links to the world economy will be enlightened by this nuanced history., 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 buyers in the tropical ports of the Atlantic and Pacific, they evolved into land speculators, controlling and managing the areas where tropical crops were grown for carefully fostered consumer markets at home. As corporate agro-industry emerged, the speculators took direct control of the ecological destinies of many tropical lands. Supported by the U.S. government's diplomatic and military protection, they built private empires in the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Pacific, Southeast Asia, and West Africa.Yankee investors and plantation managers mobilized engineers, agronomists, and loggers to undertake what they called the "Conquest of the Tropics," claiming to bring civilization to benighted peoples and cultivation to unproductive nature. In competitive cooperation with local landed and political elites, they not only cleared natural forests but also displaced multicrop tribal and peasant lands with monocrop export plantations rooted in private property regimes.In a masterful narrative, Tucker highlights the unrelenting pressure that the demands of U.S. consumerism placed on fragile tropical lands. The forced domestication of widely varied natural systems ultimately led to a devastating decline in biodiversity. The author brings his analysis to life with a series of vivid case studies of sugar, bananas, coffee, rubber, beef, and timber--each a virtual empire in itself. All readers who are interested in environmental degradation and its links to the world economy will be enlightened by this nuanced history., 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 buyers in the tropical ports of the Atlantic and Pacific, they evolved into land speculators, controlling and managing the areas where tropical crops were grown for carefully fostered consumer markets at home. As corporate agro-industry emerged, the speculators took direct control of the ecological destinies of many tropical lands. Supported by the U.S. government's diplomatic and military protection, they built private empires in the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Pacific, Southeast Asia, and West Africa. Yankee investors and plantation managers mobilized engineers, agronomists, and loggers to undertake what they called the "Conquest of the Tropics," claiming to bring civilization to benighted peoples and cultivation to unproductive nature. In competitive cooperation with local landed and political elites, they not only cleared natural forests but also displaced multicrop tribal and peasant lands with monocrop export plantations rooted in private property regimes. In a masterful narrative, Tucker highlights the unrelenting pressure that the demands of U.S. consumerism placed on fragile tropical lands. The forced domestication of widely varied natural systems ultimately led to a devastating decline in biodiversity. The author brings his analysis to life with a series of vivid case studies of sugar, bananas, coffee, rubber, beef, and timber--each a virtual empire in itself. All readers who are interested in environmental degradation and its links to the world economy will be enlightened by this nuanced history., 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 highlights the unrelenting pressure caused by the demands of U.S. consumerism. The forced domestication of varied natural systems ultimately led to a devastating decline in biodiversity. The author brings his analysis to life with a series of vivid case studies of sugar, bananas, coffee, rubber, beef, and timber--each a virtual empire in itself. All readers who are interested in environmental degradation and its links to the world economy will be enlightened by this nuanced history., This book presents a comprehensive and critical historical overview of the role played by the US as a developer and consumer of tropical nature.
LC Classification NumberHD1417.T83 2007
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