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1 online resource (378 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Envisioning Cuba
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Envisioning Cuba.
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| 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. |
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Appendix 2 Temperature and Precipitation in the Natural Regions of CubaAppendix 3 Units of Measure, with Equivalents; Notes; Glossary; Bibliographic Essay; Index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sugarcane -- Cuba -- History.
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Sugarcane. |
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Cuba. |
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History. |
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Sugarcane industry -- Cuba -- History.
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Sugarcane industry. |
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Forest management -- Cuba -- History.
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Forest management. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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Electronic books -- History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780807831281 |
| ISBN |
9780807888865 (electronic book) |
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0807888869 (electronic book) |
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