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  • Culturas bananeras

    Producción, consumo y transformaciones socioambientales

    par John Soluri ...
    Traduit par Vita Randazzo ...
    Collections series Estudios Sociales de Tecnociencia desde América Latina
    El poder discursivo de la metáfora "república bananera" hace fácil pasar por alto las diversas maneras en las que el monopolio capitalista dentro de los Estados Unidos dio forma a la historia del comercio del banano en el siglo XX. Siguiendo al banano en su viaje internacional, John Soluri cruza, en esta obra, los límites de varios campos académicos para escribir una historia enriquecida por las ... En savoir plus

    $20.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Banana Cultures

    Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States

    par John Soluri ...
    Bananas, the most frequently consumed fresh fruit in the United States, have been linked to Miss Chiquita and Carmen Miranda, "banana republics," and Banana Republic clothing stores—everything from exotic kitsch, to Third World dictatorships, to middle-class fashion. But how did the rise in banana consumption in the United States affect the banana-growing regions of Central America? In this lively ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD

  • Creatures of Fashion

    Animals, Global Markets, and the Transformation of Patagonia

    par John Soluri ...
    Collections series Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges
    Today, the mention of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego conjures images of idyllic landscapes untouched by globalization. Creatures of Fashion upends this, revealing how the exploitation of animals—terrestrial and marine, domesticated and wild, living and dead—was central to the region’s transformation from Indigenous lands into the national territories of Argentina and Chile. Drawing on evidence ... En savoir plus

    $24.79 CAD

  • Banana Cultures

    Agriculture, Consumption, and Environmental Change in Honduras and the United States

    par John Soluri ...
    Bananas, the most frequently consumed fresh fruit in the United States, have been linked to Miss Chiquita and Carmen Miranda, "banana republics," and Banana Republic clothing stores—everything from exotic kitsch, to Third World dictatorships, to middle-class fashion. But how did the rise in banana consumption in the United States affect the banana-growing regions of Central America? In this lively ... En savoir plus

    $40.19 CAD

  • A Living Past

    Environmental Histories of Modern Latin America

    Modifié par John Soluri, Claudia Leal, José Augusto Pádua ...
    Collections Livre 13 - Environment in History: International Perspectives
    Though still a relatively young field, the study of Latin American environmental history is blossoming, as the contributions to this definitive volume demonstrate. Bringing together thirteen leading experts on the region, A Living Past synthesizes a wide range of scholarship to offer new perspectives on environmental change in Latin America and the Spanish Caribbean since the nineteenth century. ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD

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  • Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World

    A Global Ecological History

    par Gregory T. Cushman ...
    Collections series Studies in Environment and History
    For centuries, bird guano has played a pivotal role in the agricultural and economic development of Latin America, East Asia and Oceania. As their populations ballooned during the Industrial Revolution, North American and European powers came to depend on this unique resource as well, helping them meet their ever-increasing farming needs. This book explores how the production and commodification ... En savoir plus

    $35.99 CAD

  • A City on a Lake

    Urban Political Ecology and the Growth of Mexico City

    par Matthew Vitz ...
    Collections series Radical Perspectives
    In A City on a Lake Matthew Vitz tracks the environmental and political history of Mexico City and explains its transformation from a forested, water-rich environment into a smog-infested megacity plagued by environmental problems and social inequality. Vitz shows how Mexico City's unequal urbanization and environmental decline stemmed from numerous scientific and social disputes over water policy ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Green Republic

    A Conservation History of Costa Rica

    par Sterling Evans ...
    With over 25 percent of its land set aside in national parks and other protected areas, Costa Rica is renowned worldwide as "the green republic." In this very readable history of conservation in Costa Rica, Sterling Evans explores the establishment of the country's national park system as a response to the rapid destruction of its tropical ecosystems due to the expansion of export-related ... En savoir plus

    $29.59 CAD

  • Watering the Revolution

    An Environmental and Technological History of Agrarian Reform in Mexico

    par Mikael D. Wolfe ...
    In Watering the Revolution Mikael D. Wolfe transforms our understanding of Mexican agrarian reform through an environmental and technological history of water management in the emblematic Laguna region. Drawing on extensive archival research in Mexico and the United States, Wolfe shows how during the long Mexican Revolution (1910-1940) engineers’ distribution of water paradoxically undermined land ... En savoir plus

    $38.49 CAD

  • Defending the Land of the Jaguar

    A History of Conservation in Mexico

    par Lane Simonian ...
    Mexican conservationists have sometimes observed that it is difficult to find a country less interested in the conservation of its natural resources than is Mexico. Yet, despite a long history dedicated to the pursuit of development regardless of its environmental consequences, Mexico has an equally long, though much less developed and appreciated, tradition of environmental conservation.Lane ... En savoir plus

    $32.79 CAD

  • The Fishmeal Revolution

    The Industrialization of the Humboldt Current Ecosystem

    par Kristin A. Wintersteen ...
    Off the Pacific coast of South America, nutrients mingle with cool waters rising from the ocean’s depths, creating one of the world’s most productive marine ecosystems: the Humboldt Current. When the region’s teeming populations of fish were converted into a key ingredient in animal feed—fishmeal—it fueled the revolution in chicken, hog, and fish farming that swept the United States and northern ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

  • Paraguay

    Geographical Curiosities, #6

    par Magic Geography ...
    Collections Livre 6 - Geographical Curiosities
    Explore the interesting history, lively indigenous cultures, and beautiful geography of one of South America's most intriguing countries.We are gonna take you on a tour through the heart of Paraguay, exposing its secrets, riches, and hidden jewels.Discover the rich heritage of the Guaranií, Aché, and Mbyá peoples and learn about their unique cultures, beliefs, and traditions.Immerse yourself in ... En savoir plus

    $4.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus