The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin AmericaMichael Painter, William H. Durham University of Michigan Press, 1995 - 274 pages An important and timely study of environmental degradation in Central and South America |
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... process was undertaken by the editorial staff of the Institute for Development Anthropology and , in particular , by Syl- via Horowitz , whose careful editing and good humor were appreciated by all . Last but not least , the editors ...
... process was undertaken by the editorial staff of the Institute for Development Anthropology and , in particular , by Syl- via Horowitz , whose careful editing and good humor were appreciated by all . Last but not least , the editors ...
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... processes behind environmental destruction in Latin America . The authors show the linkage between the processes of deforestation in Central and South America , and they account for the international pressures experienced by particular ...
... processes behind environmental destruction in Latin America . The authors show the linkage between the processes of deforestation in Central and South America , and they account for the international pressures experienced by particular ...
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... processes but that it will inspire future contributions to the series . Please contact the series editor or other members of the editorial board to discuss your proposed work and our possible interest in publishing it . Editor Emilio F ...
... processes but that it will inspire future contributions to the series . Please contact the series editor or other members of the editorial board to discuss your proposed work and our possible interest in publishing it . Editor Emilio F ...
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... process and emphasized humans ' trans- formation and appropriation of their surroundings , with the environ- ment accorded only a passive " possibilist " role ( Herskovits 1951 ) . The passivity accorded the environmental side of the ...
... process and emphasized humans ' trans- formation and appropriation of their surroundings , with the environ- ment accorded only a passive " possibilist " role ( Herskovits 1951 ) . The passivity accorded the environmental side of the ...
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... processes , to the environ- ment . . . . Next it is necessary to ascertain the cultural and environ- mental factors which cause certain of these to be selected by the new area . Finally , the modifications in the productive processes in ...
... processes , to the environ- ment . . . . Next it is necessary to ascertain the cultural and environ- mental factors which cause certain of these to be selected by the new area . Finally , the modifications in the productive processes in ...
Contents
Rethinking the Hamburger Thesis Deforestation and the Crisis of Central Americas Beef Exports | 25 |
Development Rural Impoverishment and Environmental Destruction in Honduras | 63 |
Colonization Development and Deforestation in Petén Northern Guatemala | 101 |
South America | 131 |
UplandLowland Production Linkages and Land Degradation in Bolivia | 133 |
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agencies agrarian reform agricultural Amarakaeri Amazon Anthropology areas Ashaninka Bedoya beef Bolivia cattle Central America Chapare chapter Chimán Forest Choluteca CIPA coca leaf coca producers Cochabamba Cochabamba Department colonists colonization commodity Costa Rica cotton crisis cultivation cultural decline deforestation demand Denevan Desarrollo Development Development Anthropology DIRECO domestic economic elite environment environmental degradation environmental destruction expansion fallow family labor FYDEP growth Guatemala hamburger hectares Honduras household important impoverishment income increased Indians Indígenas indigenous Institute La Paz labor scarcity land degradation Latin America livestock logging lowland Machiguenga melon ment migration million Moxos native natural resources off-farm Painter pasture peasant percent Peru pesticide Petén policies Political Ecology population Presencia processes production programs ranchers ranching rate of deforestation region Rican rural Santa Cruz Satipo sector settlement settlers shrimp farms smallholders social soil Stonich timber tion upland Upper Huallaga USAID zones