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American Tropics
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Author : Megan Raby
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2017-10-03
American Tropics written by Megan Raby and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-03 with Nature categories.
Biodiversity has been a key concept in international conservation since the 1980s, yet historians have paid little attention to its origins. Uncovering its roots in tropical fieldwork and the southward expansion of U.S. empire at the turn of the twentieth century, Megan Raby details how ecologists took advantage of growing U.S. landholdings in the circum-Caribbean by establishing permanent field stations for long-term, basic tropical research. From these outposts of U.S. science, a growing community of American "tropical biologists" developed both the key scientific concepts and the values embedded in the modern discourse of biodiversity. Considering U.S. biological fieldwork from the era of the Spanish-American War through the anticolonial movements of the 1960s and 1970s, this study combines the history of science, environmental history, and the history of U.S.–Caribbean and Latin American relations. In doing so, Raby sheds new light on the origins of contemporary scientific and environmentalist thought and brings to the forefront a surprisingly neglected history of twentieth-century U.S. science and empire.
Understories Plants And Culture In The American Tropics
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Author : Lesley Wylie
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2023-11-15
Understories Plants And Culture In The American Tropics written by Lesley Wylie and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-15 with Art categories.
Understories: Plants and Culture in the American Tropics establishes the central importance of plants to the histories and cultures of the extended tropical region stretching from the U.S. South to Argentina. Through close examination of a number of significant plants – cacao, mate, agave, the hevea brasilensis, kudzu, the breadfruit, soy, and the ceiba pentandra, among others – this volume shows that vegetal life has played a fundamental role in shaping societies and in formulating cultural and environmental imaginaries in and beyond the region. Drawing on a wide range of cultural traditions and forms across literature, popular music, art, and film, the essays included in this volume transcend regional and linguistic boundaries to bring together multiple plant-centred histories or ‘understories’ – narratives that until now have been marginalized or gone unnoticed. Attending not only to the significant influence of humans on plants, but also of plants on humans, this book offers new understandings of how colonization, globalization, and power were, and continue to be, imbricated with nature in the American tropics.
The Romance And Rise Of The American Tropics
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Author : Samuel Crowther
language : en
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday
Release Date : 1929
The Romance And Rise Of The American Tropics written by Samuel Crowther and has been published by Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1929 with Central America categories.
American Tropics
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Author : Rock Holliwood
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2012-11-20
American Tropics written by Rock Holliwood and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-20 with Fiction categories.
American Tropics is a story of one mans journey from LA toMiamitoKey Westto LA and then to theHawaiian Islandsto visit the most tropical parts ofAmerica. The protagonist, who is a member of Generation X, tells the story about his adventures and the characters that he meets along the way. The book is a journey; reading it you will go on a journey in your imagination to the most southern extremes of theUnited States: to the continental south point close to the Hemingway House inKey West,Florida, and to the south point of theHawaiian Islands. It will take you to celebrate the exuberance and joy of being a member of Generation X while traveling through the most tropical parts of the great experiment in freedom and wealth: America. It is a story of beauty, joy and exhilaration, where the author takes the advice of Thomas Jefferson and travels to the most tropical parts of the states to experience Life,Libertyand the Pursuit of Happiness. American Tropics is the story of one mans generational dream and a call to every member of the generation to take up arms against a sea of dreariness, to have more fun, pursuing happiness in the American Tropics. It is a story for a generation that dislikes its name: Generation X, and a call to this 13th generation of theUnited States to wake up to the immense beauty of modern life and to pick up from where the Summer of Love generation left off. The book is a generational dream from a Generation X author.
France And The American Tropics To 1700
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Author : Philip P. Boucher
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2008-01-13
France And The American Tropics To 1700 written by Philip P. Boucher and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-13 with History categories.
This original narrative demonstrates that the transition to sugar and the plantation complex was more gradual in the French properties than generally depicted--and that it was not inevitable.--Robert Forster, The Johns Hopkins University "Journal of World History"
Our American Tropics
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Author : John E. Jennings
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2016-05-06
Our American Tropics written by John E. Jennings and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-06 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Surveying The American Tropics
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Author : Maria Cristina Fumagalli
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013
Surveying The American Tropics written by Maria Cristina Fumagalli and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Literary Criticism categories.
A collection of essays from distinguished international scholars that explore the idea of a literary geography of the American Tropics.
The American Tropics Notes From The Log Of A Midwinter Cruise
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Author : William Thomas Corlett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1908
The American Tropics Notes From The Log Of A Midwinter Cruise written by William Thomas Corlett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1908 with Venezuela categories.
Living Off The American Tropics
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Author : Air University (U.S.). Arctic, Desert, and Tropic Information Center
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944
Living Off The American Tropics written by Air University (U.S.). Arctic, Desert, and Tropic Information Center and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944 with Plants, Edible categories.
The American Tropics
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Author : William Thomas Corlett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-07-18
The American Tropics written by William Thomas Corlett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with History categories.