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- catalog abstract ""The human-environment conditions in the Americas on the eve of the sixteenth-century European conquest have of late attracted growing interest in both academic and public circles. Focusing on Middle America, this book completes a trilogy which has made the most comprehensive survey ever achieved of pre-Colombian agriculture and culture throughout the continents. It addresses the question of what lands were permanently occupied; how they were used; and what the environmental and social implications of this use were. The answers to these questions are central to such wide-ranging themes as indigenous land rights, the conservation and preservation 'ethic' of these native people, and the global carbon cycle. The kind, scale, and location of land use is documented and mapped in detail. The book not only demonstrates the sophistication of the agricultural landscapes and their local integration, but also investigates the omissions and land degradation of the native agriculturalists. Drawing on this wealth of data the authors make a contribution to the debate about resource, land, and population in the Americas."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12054919.
- catalog contributor b12054920.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""The human-environment conditions in the Americas on the eve of the sixteenth-century European conquest have of late attracted growing interest in both academic and public circles. Focusing on Middle America, this book completes a trilogy which has made the most comprehensive survey ever achieved of pre-Colombian agriculture and culture throughout the continents. It addresses the question of what lands were permanently occupied; how they were used; and what the environmental and social implications of this use were. The answers to these questions are central to such wide-ranging themes as indigenous land rights, the conservation and preservation 'ethic' of these native people, and the global carbon cycle. The kind, scale, and location of land use is documented and mapped in detail. The book not only demonstrates the sophistication of the agricultural landscapes and their local integration, but also investigates the omissions and land degradation of the native agriculturalists. Drawing on this wealth of data the authors make a contribution to the debate about resource, land, and population in the Americas."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. On the Eve of Conquest: The Context and Background to the Problem -- 2. The Context of Cultivation: Social and Economic Organization and the General Nature of Cropping -- 3. Arboriculture and Horticulture -- 4. Rainfed Cultivation -- 5. Terrace Cultivation -- 6. Floodwater and Irrigated Cultivation -- 7. Wetland Cultivation -- 8. Inventing Histories? Themes and Implications.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-289) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 311 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0199244537".
- catalog isPartOf "Oxford geographical and environmental studies".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Central America".
- catalog spatial "Central America.".
- catalog spatial "Mexico".
- catalog spatial "Mexico.".
- catalog subject "630/.972/09031 21".
- catalog subject "Agriculture Central America History.".
- catalog subject "Agriculture Mexico History.".
- catalog subject "F1219.3.A35 W48 2001".
- catalog subject "Indians of Central America Agriculture.".
- catalog subject "Indians of Mexico Agriculture.".
- catalog subject "Irrigation farming Central America.".
- catalog subject "Irrigation farming Mexico.".
- catalog subject "Shifting cultivation Central America.".
- catalog subject "Shifting cultivation Mexico.".
- catalog subject "Traditional farming Central America.".
- catalog subject "Traditional farming Mexico.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. On the Eve of Conquest: The Context and Background to the Problem -- 2. The Context of Cultivation: Social and Economic Organization and the General Nature of Cropping -- 3. Arboriculture and Horticulture -- 4. Rainfed Cultivation -- 5. Terrace Cultivation -- 6. Floodwater and Irrigated Cultivation -- 7. Wetland Cultivation -- 8. Inventing Histories? Themes and Implications.".
- catalog title "Cultivated landscapes of middle America on the eve of conquest / Thomas M. Whitmore and B.L. Turner.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".