From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba: An Environmental History since 1492
(Part of the Envisioning Cuba Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807858587
ISBN13:9780807858585
Release Date:March 2008
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"
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