An Environmental History of Latin America

by Shawn William Miller

Book Overview

A narration of the mutually mortal historical contest between humans and nature in Latin America. Covering a period that begins with Amerindian civilizations and concludes in the region's present urban agglomerations, the work offers an original synthesis of the current scholarship on Latin America's environmental history and argues that tropical nature played a central role in shaping the region's historical development. Human attitudes, populations,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521612985
• ISBN13: 9780521612982
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"