Introduction: Land Use in the Latin American Anthropocene from 1950 to the Present

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 9
4. Academic Advisory Board 11
5. General Introduction
6. The Anthropocene as Multiple Crisis 15
7. Colonial Period
8. Introduction: Land Use in Colonial Latin America in the Anthropocene History 47
9. Land Use in the Southern Cone in the Colonial Period 55
10. Land Use in the Andes in the Colonial Period 77
11. Land Use in the Amazon in the Colonial Period 101
12. Land Use in Mesoamerica in the Colonial Period 123
13. Land Use in the Caribbean in the Colonial Period 157
14. From the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1950
15. Introduction: Land Use, Second Conquest, and the Anthropocene in Latin America from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1950 179
16. Land Use in the Southern Cone from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1950 187
17. Land Use in the Andes from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1950 205
18. Land Use in the Amazon from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1950 231
19. Land Use in Mesoamerica from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1950 257
20. Land Use in the Caribbean from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1950 281
21. From 1950 to the Present
22. Introduction: Land Use in the Latin American Anthropocene from 1950 to the Present 301
23. Land Use in the Southern Cone from 1950 to the Present 307
24. Land Use in the Andes from 1950 to the Present 333
25. Land Use in the Amazon from 1950 to the Present 359
26. Land Use in Mesoamerica from 1950 to the Present 385
27. Land Use in the Caribbean from 1950 to the Present 407
28. Appendix
29. Biographical Notes 433