{"product_id":"states-of-nature-science-agriculture-and-environment-in-the-spanish-caribbean-17601940-9780292752573","title":"States of Nature  Science Agriculture and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book traces the history of the intersections between nature, economy, and nation in the Spanish Caribbean through a history of the agricultural and botanical sciences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcCook writes in a clear and effective style.  His approach to the subject is neither overly theoretical nor oversimplified. * Bulletin of the Pacific Circle *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction: Science, Nature, and Development during the Export Boom, 1760-1940 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. Commodity and Country: The Rediscovery of Nature in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1890 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. Giving Plants a Civil Status: Scientific Representations of Nature and Nation in Venezuela and Costa Rica, 1885-1935 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. Building Creole Science: Science and Ideologies of Agricultural Development in Cuba and Puerto Rico, 1898-1930 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Agricultural Science and the Ecological Rationalization of the Caribbean Sugar Industry, 1780-1930 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. Promoting the \"Practical\": Technocratic Ideologies of Science and Progress in an Age of Fragile Prosperity, 1924-1930 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. Conclusion: The Great Depression, the Plant Sciences, and Changing Paradigms of Agricultural Development, 1928-1940 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400874795351,"sku":"9780292752573","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292752573.jpg?v=1730471808","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/states-of-nature-science-agriculture-and-environment-in-the-spanish-caribbean-17601940-9780292752573","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}