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  • Banana Cultures

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

    by 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 ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Creatures of Fashion

    Animals, Global Markets, and the Transformation of Patagonia

    by John Soluri ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Banana Cultures

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

    by 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 ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • A Living Past

    Environmental Histories of Modern Latin America

    Edited by John Soluri, Claudia Leal, José Augusto Pádua ...
    Series Book 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. ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • A Living Past

    Environmental Histories of Modern Latin America

    Edited by Claudia Leal, José Augusto Pádua, John Soluri ...
    Series Book 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. ... Read more

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  • Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World

    A Global Ecological History

    by Gregory T. Cushman ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

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  • A City on a Lake

    Urban Political Ecology and the Growth of Mexico City

    by Matthew Vitz ...
    Series 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 ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Green Republic

    A Conservation History of Costa Rica

    by 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 ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Watering the Revolution

    An Environmental and Technological History of Agrarian Reform in Mexico

    by 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 ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Defending the Land of the Jaguar

    A History of Conservation in Mexico

    by 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 ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • From Silver to Cocaine

    Latin American Commodity Chains and the Building of the World Economy, 1500-2000

    by Gilbert M. Joseph, Emily S. Rosenberg ...
    Series series American Encounters/Global Interactions
    Demonstrating that globalization is a centuries-old phenomenon, From Silver to Cocaine examines the commodity chains that have connected producers in Latin America with consumers around the world for five hundred years. In clear, accessible essays, historians from Latin America, England, and the United States trace the paths of many of Latin America’s most important exports: coffee, bananas, ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Paraguay

    Geographical Curiosities, #6

    by Magic Geography ...
    Series Book 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 ... Read more

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