Article ID: CBB001450357

Polar Bears, Cactus, and Natives: Race, Agrarian Reform, and Environmental Determinism in Latin America (1920--1950) (2014)

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Early twentieth-century environmentalism or environmental determinism, as it is more pejoratively known, has been widely denounced by critical human geographers on the grounds of its well-established role in imperialist dispossession and subordination. Recently, however, historical geographers have re-visited environmentalism in an effort to better understand its diverse and often contradictory deployments. This article examines environmentalist thought as a function of Latin American anti-imperialist reform movements in the first half of the twentieth century, arguing that progressive Latin American intellectuals emphasized constitutive links between race and place to support community claims to land and subsistence.

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Authors & Contributors
Coates, Colin M.
Dockry, Michael J.
Jerry K. Jacka
Freyfogle, Eric T.
Thomson, Jennifer Christine
Rosemblatt, Karin Alejandra
Concepts
Environmentalism
Political activists and activism
Science and politics
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Race
Environmental pollution
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
19th century
17th century
Places
United States
Papua New Guinea
Arctic regions
Baltimore (Maryland, U.S.)
St. Louis (Missouri, U.S.)
England
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