02118nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10355404 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070628s2008 ncuab sb 001 0 eng 2007026916 9780807831281 (cloth : alk. paper) 080783128X (cloth : alk. paper) 9780807858585 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0807858587 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)659482808 eng spa nwcu--- SB229.C9 F8613 2008eb 333.75/137097291 22 Funes Monzote, Reinaldo, 1969- De bosque a sabana. English From rainforest to cane field in Cuba [electronic resource] : an environmental history since 1492 / Reinaldo Funes Monzote ; translated by Alex Martin. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008. xv, 357 p. : ill., maps. Envisioning Cuba Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-341) and index. The omnipresent forest and the beginnings of the sugar industry -- Shipbuilding and the sugar industry, 1772-1791 -- The struggle over private ownership of forests, 1792-1815 -- Sugar and the absolute freedom to clear forests, 1815-1876 -- Centralization of the sugar industry and the forests, 1876-1898 -- North American capital and sugar's final assault on the forest, 1898-1926 -- From forests to sugar : an insignificant change? Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Sugarcane Cuba History. Sugarcane industry Cuba History. Forest management Cuba History. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Envisioning Cuba. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10355404 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 107264 107264