Overview
Spurred by the dramatic landscape transformation associated with European colonization of the Americas, this illustrated work creates a prototype theory to explain relationships between colonialism and landscape. Andrew Sluyter weaves historical sources and empirical research into a comprehensive geographical theory and applies it to a case study of the Veracruz lowlands along the Gulf Coast of Mexico. He then explores broader considerations of environmental conservation, development and global policy challenges. This book should be of significance to geographers and others interested in development and environmental studies.
Full Product Details
Author: Andrew Sluyter
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 14.80cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 22.70cm
Weight: 0.449kg
ISBN: 9780742515604
ISBN 10: 0742515605
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 18 December 2001
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
An important book that addresses some of the key debates in geography today. Opens a rich and diversified research agenda that will most certainly generate fertile partnerships between physical and human geographers. Annals of the Association of American Geographers Challenging and valuable... I highly recommend this book to geographers of Latin American landscape change and especially to nongeographers interested in colonialism and landscape. Geographical Review The author is not only skilled and assiduous in the analysis of the relevant historical literature-he fairly scythes through primary and secondary sources-but he also does his own paleoecology. He is thus excellently equipped to make environmental historical analyses that sweep across inherited epochs and constructs, which he does fearless of controversy, ready to theorize. And his maps are delectable. -- Alfred Siemens, University of British Columbia
The author is not only skilled and assiduous in the analysis of the relevant historical literature--he fairly scythes through primary and secondary sources--but he also does his own paleoecology. He is thus excellently equipped to make environmental historical analyses that sweep across inherited epochs and constructs, which he does fearless of controversy, ready to theorize. And his maps are delectable.--Alfred Siemens
Author Information
Andrew Sluyter is assistant professor in the ecology and geography programs at the Pennsylvania State University.
