{"product_id":"insatiable-appetite-9780520220874","title":"Insatiable Appetite","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the late 1800s, American entrepreneurs became participants in the 400-year history of European economic and ecological hegemony in the tropics. This book presents the history of the transformation of the tropics in modern times, pointing to the declining biodiversity that has resulted from the domestication of widely varied natural systems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  PART ONE: CROPLANDS 1. America's Sweet Tooth: The Sugar Trust and the Caribbean Lowlands 2. Lords of the Pacific: Sugar Barons in the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands 3. Banana Republics: Yankee Fruit Companies and the Tropical American Lowlands 4. The Last Drop: The American Coffee Market and the Hill Regions of Latin America 5. The Tropical Coast of the Automotive Age: Corporate Runner Empires and the Rainforest  PART TWO: PASTURELANDS 6. The Crop on Hooves: Yankee Interests in Tropical Cattle Ranching  PART THREE: FORESTLANDS 7. Unsustainable Yields: American Foresters and Tropical Timber Resources","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195203776855,"sku":"9780520220874","price":55.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520220874.jpg?v=1763646732","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/insatiable-appetite-9780520220874","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}