Tropical rainforests : Latin American nature and society in transition /

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Imprint:Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1993.
Description:xxi, 229 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Jaguar books on Latin America ; 2
Jaguar books on Latin America no. 2.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1638415
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Other authors / contributors:Place, Susan E., 1947-
ISBN:0842024239
0842024271 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.

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505 0 0 |g I.  |t Perceptions of the Rainforest.  |g 1.  |t from Green Mansions /  |r William H. Hudson.  |g 2.  |t from The Vortex /  |r Jose Eustasio Rivera.  |g 3.  |t from The Naturalist on the River Amazons /  |r Henry Walter Bates.  |g 4.  |t Environmental Limitations on Culture in the Tropical Forest /  |r Betty J. Meggers and Clifford Evans.  |g 5.  |t Civilization and Its Discontents /  |r Katherine Milton --  |g II.  |t Explanations for Deforestation in Latin America.  |g 6.  |t The Whys and Wherefores of Deforestation /  |r John Terborgh.  |g 7.  |t The Scourge of Cows /  |r James J. Parsons.  |g 8.  |t Transnationals and Oil in Amazonia /  |r Koy Thomson and Nigel Dudley.  |g 9.  |t The Militarization and Industrialization of Amazonia: The Calha Norte and Grande Carajas Programs /  |r Dave Treece.  |g 10.  |t Central America: Political Ecology and U.S. Foreign Policy /  |r Joshua Karliner.  |g 11.  |t from Who Is Destroying the Amazon Rainforest? /  |r Jose A. Lutzenberger.  |g 12.  |t Deforestation: A Brazilian Perspective /  |r Tadeu Valadares --  |g III.  |t Why Save the Rainforest?  |g 13.  |t Tropical Forests: A Plan for Action /  |r The Ecologist.  |g 14.  |t A Glimpse at Some Tropical Habitats /  |r John Terborgh.  |g 15.  |t Natural-Resource Losses Reduce Costa Rican GNP Gains /  |r David R. Francis.  |g 16.  |t A Cornucopia of Foods /  |r Norman Myers.  |g 17.  |t The Healing Forest /  |r Mark Plotkin.  |g 18.  |t Alternatives to Forest Destruction: Lessons from the Mebengokre Indians /  |r Darrell A. Posey.  |g 19.  |t Colonization Lessons from a Tropical Forest /  |r Nigel J. H. Smith --  |g IV.  |t Prospects for Development: Alternative Futures for Latin America's Tropical Rainforests.  |g 20.  |t Fight for the Forest: Building Bridges /  |r Chico Mendes.  |g 21.  |t Guardians of the Forest: Indigenist Policies in the Colombian Amazon /  |r Peter Bunyard.  |g 22.  |t Demystifying the Tragedy of the Commons: The Resin Tappers of Honduras /  |r Denise Stanley.  |g 23.  |t Indigenous Knowledge and Biodiversity /  |r A. B. Cunningham.  |g 24.  |t Debt-for-Nature Swaps: Who Really Benefits? /  |r Rhona Mahony.  |g 25.  |t Protected Areas in Tropical Rainforests: Five Lessons /  |r James D. Nations.  |g 26.  |t Alternative Rainforest Uses /  |r John O. Browder.  |g 27.  |t Peru's Rainforest: The Kindest Cut /  |r Kathryn Phillips.  |g 28.  |t U.S. Drug Firm Signs Up to Farm Tropical Forests /  |r William Booth.  |g 29.  |t Tourism Damages Amazon Region /  |r Ty Harrington.  |g 30.  |t How a Monkey Saved the Jungle /  |r Michael Lipske. 
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