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The Decimation Of Latin America's Tropical Forests Has Been The Source Of Much Recent Political And Popular Discussion. In The Amazon Basin Alone, Twenty Thousand Square Kilometers Are Cleared Each Year.--book Jacket. If We Are To Salvage This Vast Ecosystem, We Must First Recognize The Complex Interplay Of Political And Economic Interests That Has Brought Us To This Point. Toward That End, Professor Susan E. Place Has Collected Some Of The Most Influential Scholarship On Tropical Deforestation For Tropical Rainforests. The Thirty Articles - Written By Individuals As Diverse As Economists, Naturalists, Historians, Sociologists, Anthropologists, Geologists, And Novelists - Reflect The Complexity Of The Topic Itself.--book Jacket. From Green Mansions / William H. Hudson -- From The Vortex / José Eustasio Rivera -- From The Naturalist On The River Amazon / Henry Walter Bates -- Enironmental Limitations On Culture In The Tropical Forest / Betty J. Meggers And Clifford Evans -- Civilization And Its Distinctiveness / Katherine Milton -- The Whys And Wherefores Of Deforestation / John Terbough -- The Scourge Of Cows / James J. Parsons -- Transnationals And Oil In Amazonia / Koy Thomson An
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- Author
- Susan E. Place, editor
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources, 1993.
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780842024273
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Economics, Agriculture, Science