the global sugar trade and the transformation of Florida /
First Statement of Responsibility
Gail M. Hollander.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chicago :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Chicago Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xviii, 348 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-326) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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From Everglades to sugar bowl and back again? -- The sugar question in frontier Florida -- Securing sugar, draining the 'Glades -- Wish fulfillment for Florida growers : managed market, disciplined labor, engineered landscape -- The Cold War heats up the nation's sugar bowl -- A restructured industry -- Questioning sugar in the Everglades.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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At the heart of the transformation of the Everglades from impenetrable swamp to endangered wetland, is the sugar industry. This study situates the environmental transformation of the Everglades within the economic and historical geography of global sugar production and trade.
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OverDrive, Inc.
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F7492A3E-F16E-4D6F-AEB5-FD30C4DBA5B9
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Title
Raising cane in the 'glades.
International Standard Book Number
9780226349503
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Händel, Georg Friedrich.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Drainage-- Florida-- Everglades.
Rural development-- Florida-- Everglades.
Sugar-- Manufacture and refining-- Florida-- Everglades.