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From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba : an Environmental History since 1492

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Funes Monzote, Reinaldo, 1969-
Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
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1 online resource (378 pages).
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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. and 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.
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9780807888865 (electronic bk.)
0807888869 (electronic bk.)
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