From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba An Environmental History Since 1492

Name: From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba An Environmental History Since 1492
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ISBN: 9780807858585

ISBN-10: 0807858587

ISBN-13: 9780807858585

Edition: 2008

Authors: Alex Martin, Alex Martin

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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 industry. The sugar planters won a decisive victory in 1815, however, when they were allowed to clear extensive forests, without restriction, for cane fields and sugar production. This book is the first to consider Cuba's vital sugar…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 3/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The Omnipresent Forest and the Beginnings of the Sugar Industry



Shipbuilding and the Sugar Industry, 1772-1791



The Struggle over Private Ownership of Forests, 1792-1815



Sugar and the Absolute Freedom to Clear Forests, 1815-1876



Centralization of the Sugar Industry and the Forests, 1876-1898



North American Capital and Sugar's Final Assault on the Forest, 1898-1926


Conclusion: From Forests to Sugar: An Insignificant Change?



Scientific Names of Plants and Animals



Temperature and Precipitation in the Natural Regions of Cuba



Units of Measure, with Equivalents


Notes


Glossary


Bibliographic Essay


Index