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010			_a 2006101556
020			_a0742553655 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aHD1417 _b.T83 2007
082	0	0	_a333.70913 _222
100	1		_aTucker, Richard P., _d1938-
245	1	0	_aInsatiable appetite : _bthe United States and the ecological degradation of the tropical world / _cRichard P. Tucker.
250			_aConcise revised edition.
264		1	_aLanham : _bRowman & Littlefield Publishers, _c[2007]
264		4	_c©2007
300			_aix, 267 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aExploring world history
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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.
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650		0	_aTropical crops _xEconomic aspects _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aTropical crops _xEnvironmental aspects _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aInvestments, American _zTropics _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aEnvironmental degradation _zTropics _xHistory _y20th century.
830		0	_aExploring world history.
856	4	1	_zTable of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip076/2006101556.html
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