States of Nature Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940

Name: States of Nature Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940
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ISBN: 9780292752573

ISBN-10: 0292752571

ISBN-13: 9780292752573

Edition: 2002

Authors: Stuart George McCook

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"McCook writes in a clear and effective style. His approach to the subject is neither overly theoretical nor oversimplified." Bulletin of the Pacific Circle The process of nation-building in Latin America transformed the relations between the state, the economy, and nature. Between 1760 and 1940, the economies of most countries in the Spanish Caribbean came to depend heavily on the export of plant products, such as coffee, tobacco, and sugar. After the mid-nineteenth century, this model of export-led economic growth also became a central tenet of liberal projects of nation-building. As international competition grew and commodity prices fell over this period, Latin American growers…

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List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 5/15/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments-


Introduction: Science, Nature, and Development during the Export Boom, 1760-1940



Commodity and Country: The Rediscovery of Nature in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1890



Giving Plants a Civil Status: Scientific Representations of Nature and Nation in Venezuela and Costa Rica, 1885-1935



Building Creole Science: Science and Ideologies of Agricultural Development in Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1898-1930



Agricultural Science and the Ecological Rationalization of the Caribbean Sugar Industry, 1780-1930



Promoting the "Practical": Technocratic Ideologies of Science and Progress in an Age of Fragile Prosperity, 1924-1930



Conclusion: The Great Depression, the Plant Sciences, and Changing Paradigms of Agricultural Development, 1928-1940


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