ID - 147911700 TI - A living past AU - Leal, Claudia AU - Soluri, John AU - Pádua, José Augusto PY - 2018 SN - 9781785333910 1785333917 9781785333903 1785333909 PB - New York DB - UniCat KW - History KW - Human ecology KW - Nature KW - History. KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Latin America KW - Environmental conditions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:147911700 AB - Though still a relatively young field, the study of Latin American environmental history is blossoming, as the contributions to this definitive volume demonstrate. Bringing together thirteen leading experts on the region, A Living Past synthesizes a wide range of scholarship to offer new perspectives on environmental change in Latin America and the Spanish Caribbean since the nineteenth century. Each chapter provides insightful, up-to-date syntheses of current scholarship on critical countries and ecosystems (including Brazil, Mexico, the Caribbean, the tropical Andes, and tropical forests) and such cross-cutting themes as agriculture, conservation, mining, ranching, science, and urbanization. Together, these studies provide valuable historical contexts for making sense of contemporary environmental challenges facing the region. ER -