{"product_id":"from-rainforest-to-cane-field-in-cuba-an-environmental-history-since-1492-9780807858585","title":"From Rainforest to Cane Field in Cuba  An Environmental History since 1492","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents the environmental history of Cuba since the age of Columbus. This book emphasizes the two processes that have had a dramatic impact on the island's landscape: deforestation and sugar cultivation. It demonstrates how the sugar industry that came to define Cuba - and upon which Cuba depended - also devastated the ecology of the island.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Writing with erudition, but also with an attention to narrative, Funes Monzote demonstrates how, in a colonial context, the search for profits from sugar brought about an irreparable transformation in the ecology of a large, wooded tropical island. - Rebecca J. Scott, University of Michigan\"","brand":"MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768132796759,"sku":"9780807858585","price":32.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780807858585.jpg?v=1758716484","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-rainforest-to-cane-field-in-cuba-an-environmental-history-since-1492-9780807858585","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}