Tucker, Richard P.,  1938- <br/><br/>
Insatiable appetite :  the United States and the ecological degradation of the tropical world / 
Richard P. Tucker. 
 - Concise revised edition. 
 - ix, 267 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  23 cm. 
 - Exploring world history .
 - Exploring world history. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: America's global environmental reach -- America's sweet tooth: cane sugar transforms tropical lowlands -- Banana republics: Yankee fruit companies and the tropical American lowlands -- The last drop: the American coffee market and the hill regions of South America -- The tropical cost of the automotive age: corporate rubber empires and the rainforest -- The crop on hooves: American cattle ranching in Latin America -- Unsustainable yield: American loggers and foresters in the tropics -- Conclusions: consuming appetites. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0742553655 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780742553651 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006101556 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tropical crops--Economic aspects--History--20th century.<br/>Tropical crops--Environmental aspects--History--20th century.<br/>Investments, American--History--Tropics--20th century.<br/>Environmental degradation--History--Tropics--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD1417  / .T83 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.70913