States of Nature: Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940 (2002)
McCook, Stuart G. (Author)
University of Texas Press
Physical Details: xiv + 201 pp., illus., maps, bibl., index
Language: English
Description “Examines … the relationship between scientific plant surveys and nation-building, the development of a `creole science' to address the problems of tropical agriculture, the ecological rationalization of the sugar industry, and the growth of technocratic ideologies of science and progress.” (from publisher's web page)
Review Hale, Piers J. (2004) Review of "States of Nature: Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 215).
Review Pimentel, Juan (2004) Review of "States of Nature: Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 705).
Review Buckley, Eve E. (2004) Review of "States of Nature: Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940". Journal of the History of Biology (p. 193).
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