TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boyer,Christopher R.
TI  - A land between waters: environmental histories of modern Mexico 
T2  - Latin American landscapes
SN  - 9780816502493
AV  - GE 160.M58 L36.2012
PY  - 2012///,
CY  - Tucson
PB  - The University of Arizona Press
KW  - Landscape changes
KW  - Mexico
KW  - History
KW  - Cambios de paisaje
KW  - México
KW  - Historia
KW  - Nature
KW  - Effect of human beings on
KW  - Naturaleza
KW  - Efecto de los seres humanos sobre
KW  - Environmental degradation
KW  - Degradación ambiental
KW  - Ecología política
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - Política ambiental
KW  - Environmental conditions
KW  - Condiciones ambientales
KW  - 1810-
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Política y gobierno
N1  - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice
N2  - "Mexico is one of the most ecologically diverse nations on the planet, with landscapes that range from rainforests to deserts and from small villages to the continent's largest metropolis. Yet historians are only beginning to understand how people's use of the land, extraction of its resources, and attempts to conserve it have shaped both the landscape and its inhabitants. A Land Between Waters explores the relationship between the people and the environment in Mexico. It heralds the arrival of environmental history as a major area of study within the field of Mexican history. This volume brings together a dozen original works of environmental history by some of the foremost experts in Mexican environmental history from both the United States and Mexico. The contributions collected in this seminal volume explore a wide array of topics, from the era of independence to the present day. Together they examine how humans have used, abused, and attended to nature in Mexico over more than two hundred years. Written in clear, accessible prose, A Land Between Waters showcases the breadth of Mexican environmental history in a way that defines the key topics in the field and suggests avenues for subsequent work. Most importantly, it assesses the impacts of environmental changes that Mexico has faced in the past with an eye to informing national debates about the challenges that the nation will face in the future."--Publisher's description
ER  -