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Deforestation and the Environmental Crisis in Latin America

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TROPICAL DEFORESTATION: SMALL FARMERS AND LAND CLEARING IN THE ECUADORIAN AMAZON By RudelThomas K., Horowitzwith Bruce. (New York: Colombia University Press, 1993. Pp. 234. $50.00 cloth, $24.00 paper.)
“I AM DESTROYING THE LAND!”: THE POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION IN HONDURAS. By StonichSusan C. (Boulder, Colo.: Westview, 1993. Pp. 189. $45.00 paper.)
ENVIRONMENT UNDER FIRE: IMPERIALISM AND THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. By FaberDaniel. (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1992. Pp. 301. $36.00 cloth, $16.00 paper.)

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2022

John O. Browder
John O. Browder*
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Latin American Research Review , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , 1995 , pp. 123 - 137
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Copyright © 1995 by the University of Texas Press

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