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Revolutionary Parks: Conservation, Social Justice, and Mexicos National Parks, 19101940 (Latin American Landscapes)
Emily Wakild
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Description for Revolutionary Parks: Conservation, Social Justice, and Mexicos National Parks, 19101940 (Latin American Landscapes)
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Revolutionary Parks tells the surprising story of how forty national parks were created in Mexico during the latter stages of the first social revolution of the twentieth century. By 1940 Mexico had more national parks than any other country. Together they protected more than two million acres of land in fourteen states. Even more remarkable, Lázaro Cárdenas, president of Mexico in the 1930s, began to promote con-cepts akin to sustainable development and ecotourism. Conventional wisdom indicates that tropical and post-colonial countries, especially in the early twentieth century, have seldom had the ability or the ambition to protect nature on a ... Read more
Revolutionary Parks tells the surprising story of how forty national parks were created in Mexico during the latter stages of the first social revolution of the twentieth century. By 1940 Mexico had more national parks than any other country. Together they protected more than two million acres of land in fourteen states. Even more remarkable, Lázaro Cárdenas, president of Mexico in the 1930s, began to promote con-cepts akin to sustainable development and ecotourism. Conventional wisdom indicates that tropical and post-colonial countries, especially in the early twentieth century, have seldom had the ability or the ambition to protect nature on a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816529575
SKU
V9780816529575
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