Colonialism and Landscape: Postcolonial Theory and Applications by Andrew Sluyte

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Spurred by the dramatic landscape transformation associated with European colonization of the Americas, this work creates a prototype theory to explain relationships between colonialism and landscape.

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Spurred by the dramatic landscape transformation associated with European colonization of the Americas, this illustrated work creates a prototype theory to explain relationships between colonialism and landscape. Andrew Sluyter weaves historical sources and empirical research into a comprehensive geographical theory and applies it to a case study of the Veracruz lowlands along the Gulf Coast of Mexico. He then explores broader considerations of environmental conservation, development and global policy challenges. This book should be of significance to geographers and others interested in development and environmental studies.

Author Biography

Andrew Sluyter is assistant professor in the ecology and geography programs at the Pennsylvania State University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Colonialism and Landscape Chapter 2 The Precolonial Landscape Chapter 3 Colonization Chapter 4 From Archive to Map to Landscape Chapter 5 Material/Conceptual Colonization Chapter 6 The Postcolonial Landscape Chapter 7 Colonialism, Landscape, and the Future of Geography Chapter 8 Bibliography

Review

An important book that addresses some of the key debates in geography today. Opens a rich and diversified research agenda that will most certainly generate fertile partnerships between physical and human geographers. * Annals of the Association of American Geographers *Challenging and valuable. . . . I highly recommend this book to geographers of Latin American landscape change and especially to nongeographers interested in colonialism and landscape. * Geographical Review *The author is not only skilled and assiduous in the analysis of the relevant historical literature—he fairly scythes through primary and secondary sources—but he also does his own paleoecology. He is thus excellently equipped to make environmental historical analyses that sweep across inherited epochs and constructs, which he does fearless of controversy, ready to theorize. And his maps are delectable. -- Alfred Siemens, University of British Columbia

Long Description

Spurred by the dramatic landscape transformation associated with European colonization of the Americas, this original and extensively illustrated work creates a prototype theory to explain relationships between colonialism and landscape. Andrew Sluyter adeptly weaves historical sources and empirical research into a comprehensive geographical theory and applies it to a case study of the Veracruz lowlands along the Gulf Coast of Mexico. He then explores broader considerations of environmental conservation, development, and global policy challenges. This book will be of significance to geographers and others interested in development and environmental studies.

Review Quote

The author is not only skilled and assiduous in the analysis of the relevant historical literature--he fairly scythes through primary and secondary sources--but he also does his own paleoecology. He is thus excellently equipped to make environmental historical analyses that sweep across inherited epochs and constructs, which he does fearless of controversy, ready to theorize. And his maps are delectable.

Details ISBN0742515605 Author Andrew Sluyter Publisher Rowman & Littlefield ISBN-10 0742515605 ISBN-13 9780742515604 Format Paperback Subtitle Postcolonial Theory and Applications Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States DEWEY 304.2097262 Illustrations bibliography, index, illustrations Pages 280 Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Short Title COLONIALISM & LANDSCAPE Language English Media Book Birth 1958 DOI 10.1604/9780742515604 UK Release Date 2002-02-18 AU Release Date 2002-02-18 NZ Release Date 2002-02-18 Alternative 9780742515598 Audience General Year 2001 Publication Date 2001-12-18 US Release Date 2001-12-18 We've got this

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