{"product_id":"the-green-republic-9780292721012","title":"The Green Republic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA readable history of how Costa Rica established a national park system as a response to rapid destruction of its tropical ecosystems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing a wide range of sources, including interviews, archives, and newspapers, Evans paints a complex and nuanced picture of how conservation emerged in twentieth-century Costa Rica....This lucid and thoughtful work will be useful to historians and policymakers, and as a textbook for graduate and undergraduate courses on agriculture, development, and conservation in Latin America. * Hispanic American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. Costa Rica's History of Conservation \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. A Legacy of Scientific Thought and Tropical Research\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Environmental Problem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Conservationist Response\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The Development of National Parks and Other Protected Areas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Conservation Continued: The Oduber Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Conservation through Crisis: Carazo and the Economy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Crisis Continued: The Monge Administration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Restructuring and Decentralizing Conservation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. Building a Green Republic \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Environmental Education: Framework for the Future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10.The Nongovernmental Approach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. ¡Oro Verde! Ecotourism for Economic Growth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. The National Biodiversity Institute\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion. \"Picking Up the Gauntlet\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 1. List of Acronyms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 2. The Presidents of the Republic of Costa Rica, 1928-1998\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 3. The History of Controversy at Santa Rosa--A Besieged National Park\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 4. Anonymous Poem Regarding the Palo Verde National Park Controversy, Summer 1981\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 5. The National Conservation Strategy for Sustainable Development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 6. Indigenous Population of Costa Rica by Region and Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400855003479,"sku":"9780292721012","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292721012.jpg?v=1730471753","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-green-republic-9780292721012","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}