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The Resource A land between waters : environmental histories of modern Mexico, edited by Christopher R. Boyer

A land between waters : environmental histories of modern Mexico, edited by Christopher R. Boyer

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"Mexico is one of the most ecologically diverse nations on the planet, with landscapes that range from rainforests to deserts and from small villages to the continent's largest metropolis. Yet historians are only beginning to understand how people's use of the land, extraction of its resources, and attempts to conserve it have shaped both the landscape and its inhabitants. A Land Between Waters explores the relationship between the people and the environment in Mexico. It heralds the arrival of environmental history as a major area of study within the field of Mexican history. This volume brings together a dozen original works of environmental history by some of the foremost experts in Mexican environmental history from both the United States and Mexico. The contributions collected in this seminal volume explore a wide array of topics, from the era of independence to the present day. Together they examine how humans have used, abused, and attended to nature in Mexico over more than two hundred years. Written in clear, accessible prose, A Land Between Waters showcases the breadth of Mexican environmental history in a way that defines the key topics in the field and suggests avenues for subsequent work. Most importantly, it assesses the impacts of environmental changes that Mexico has faced in the past with an eye to informing national debates about the challenges that the nation will face in the future."--Project Muse
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (viii, 307 pages)
Contents
  • The Cycles of Mexican Environmental History / Christopher R. Boyer
  • Downslope and North : How Soil Degradation and Synthetic Pesticides Drove the Trajectory of Mexican Agriculture through the Twentieth Century / Angus Wright
  • Mexico's Breadbasket : Agriculture and the Environment in the Bajío / Martín Sánchez Rodríguez
  • Nature as Subject and Citizen in the Mexican Botanical Garden, 1787-1829 / Rick A. López
  • Besieged Forests at Century's End : Industry, Speculation, and Dispossession in Tlaxcala's La Malintzin Woodlands, 1860-1910 / José Juan Juárez Flores
  • Water and Revolution in Morelos, 1850-1915 / Alejandro Tortolero Villaseñor
  • King Henequen : Order, Progress, and Ecological Change in Yucatán, 1850-1950 / Sterling Evans
  • Class and Nature in the Oil Industry of Northern Veracruz, 1900-1938 / Myrna I. Santiago
  • Parables of Chapultepec : Urban Parks, National Landscapes, and Contradictory Conservation in Modern Mexico / Emily Wakild
  • The Illusion of National Power : Water Infrastructure in Mexican Cities, 1930-1990 / Luis Aboites Aguilar
  • Episodes of Environmental History in the Gulf of California : Fisheries, Commerce, and Aquaculture of Nacre and Pearls / Mario Monteforte and Micheline Cariño
  • Conclusion: Of the "Lands in Between" and the Environments of Modernity / Cynthia Radding
Isbn
9780816599509
Instance
Label
A land between waters : environmental histories of modern Mexico
Title
A land between waters
Title remainder
environmental histories of modern Mexico
Statement of responsibility
edited by Christopher R. Boyer
Title variation
Environmental histories of modern Mexico
Contributor
Editor
Subject
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Language
eng
Summary
"Mexico is one of the most ecologically diverse nations on the planet, with landscapes that range from rainforests to deserts and from small villages to the continent's largest metropolis. Yet historians are only beginning to understand how people's use of the land, extraction of its resources, and attempts to conserve it have shaped both the landscape and its inhabitants. A Land Between Waters explores the relationship between the people and the environment in Mexico. It heralds the arrival of environmental history as a major area of study within the field of Mexican history. This volume brings together a dozen original works of environmental history by some of the foremost experts in Mexican environmental history from both the United States and Mexico. The contributions collected in this seminal volume explore a wide array of topics, from the era of independence to the present day. Together they examine how humans have used, abused, and attended to nature in Mexico over more than two hundred years. Written in clear, accessible prose, A Land Between Waters showcases the breadth of Mexican environmental history in a way that defines the key topics in the field and suggests avenues for subsequent work. Most importantly, it assesses the impacts of environmental changes that Mexico has faced in the past with an eye to informing national debates about the challenges that the nation will face in the future."--Project Muse
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AZK
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304.20972
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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
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  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Language note
English
LC call number
GE160.M58
Literary form
non fiction
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  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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Boyer, Christopher R.
Series statement
Latin American landscapes
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  • Environmental degradation
  • Environmental policy
  • Landscape changes
  • Nature
  • Political ecology
  • Mexico
  • Mexico
  • Mexico
  • HISTORY
  • Ecology
  • Environmental degradation
  • Environmental policy
  • Landscape changes
  • Nature
  • Political ecology
  • Politics and government
  • Mexico
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A land between waters : environmental histories of modern Mexico, edited by Christopher R. Boyer
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
The Cycles of Mexican Environmental History / Christopher R. Boyer -- Downslope and North : How Soil Degradation and Synthetic Pesticides Drove the Trajectory of Mexican Agriculture through the Twentieth Century / Angus Wright -- Mexico's Breadbasket : Agriculture and the Environment in the Bajío / Martín Sánchez Rodríguez -- Nature as Subject and Citizen in the Mexican Botanical Garden, 1787-1829 / Rick A. López -- Besieged Forests at Century's End : Industry, Speculation, and Dispossession in Tlaxcala's La Malintzin Woodlands, 1860-1910 / José Juan Juárez Flores -- Water and Revolution in Morelos, 1850-1915 / Alejandro Tortolero Villaseñor -- King Henequen : Order, Progress, and Ecological Change in Yucatán, 1850-1950 / Sterling Evans -- Class and Nature in the Oil Industry of Northern Veracruz, 1900-1938 / Myrna I. Santiago -- Parables of Chapultepec : Urban Parks, National Landscapes, and Contradictory Conservation in Modern Mexico / Emily Wakild -- The Illusion of National Power : Water Infrastructure in Mexican Cities, 1930-1990 / Luis Aboites Aguilar -- Episodes of Environmental History in the Gulf of California : Fisheries, Commerce, and Aquaculture of Nacre and Pearls / Mario Monteforte and Micheline Cariño -- Conclusion: Of the "Lands in Between" and the Environments of Modernity / Cynthia Radding
Control code
961592168
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (viii, 307 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780816599509
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
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  • 450434
  • 22573/ctt1811htt
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)961592168
Label
A land between waters : environmental histories of modern Mexico, edited by Christopher R. Boyer
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The Cycles of Mexican Environmental History / Christopher R. Boyer -- Downslope and North : How Soil Degradation and Synthetic Pesticides Drove the Trajectory of Mexican Agriculture through the Twentieth Century / Angus Wright -- Mexico's Breadbasket : Agriculture and the Environment in the Bajío / Martín Sánchez Rodríguez -- Nature as Subject and Citizen in the Mexican Botanical Garden, 1787-1829 / Rick A. López -- Besieged Forests at Century's End : Industry, Speculation, and Dispossession in Tlaxcala's La Malintzin Woodlands, 1860-1910 / José Juan Juárez Flores -- Water and Revolution in Morelos, 1850-1915 / Alejandro Tortolero Villaseñor -- King Henequen : Order, Progress, and Ecological Change in Yucatán, 1850-1950 / Sterling Evans -- Class and Nature in the Oil Industry of Northern Veracruz, 1900-1938 / Myrna I. Santiago -- Parables of Chapultepec : Urban Parks, National Landscapes, and Contradictory Conservation in Modern Mexico / Emily Wakild -- The Illusion of National Power : Water Infrastructure in Mexican Cities, 1930-1990 / Luis Aboites Aguilar -- Episodes of Environmental History in the Gulf of California : Fisheries, Commerce, and Aquaculture of Nacre and Pearls / Mario Monteforte and Micheline Cariño -- Conclusion: Of the "Lands in Between" and the Environments of Modernity / Cynthia Radding
Control code
961592168
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (viii, 307 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780816599509
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
  • 450434
  • 22573/ctt1811htt
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)961592168

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