Conquering Nature: The Enviromental Legacy of Socialism in Cuba

by Sergio Díaz-Briquets

Book Overview

Conquering Nature provides the only book-length analysis of the environmental situation in Cuba after four decades of socialist rule, based on extensive examination of secondary sources, informed by the study of development and environmental trends in former socialist countries as well as in the developing world. It approaches the issue comprehensively and from interdisciplinary, comparative, and historical perspectives. Based on the Cuban example,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822957213
• ISBN13: 9780822957218
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"