Tropical Pioneers: Human Agency and Ecological Change in the Highlands of Sri Lanka, 1800-1900 Contributor(s): Webb Jr, James L. a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0821414275 ISBN-13: 9780821414279 Publisher: Ohio University Press OUR PRICE: $79.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2002 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Forests & Rainforests - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
Dewey: 577.340 |
LCCN: 2001058810 |
Series: Ohio University Press Series in Ecology and History (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.46" W x 9.44" (1.14 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In 1800, the highlands of Sri Lanka had some of the most biologically diverse primary tropical rainforest ecosystems in the world. By 1900, only a few craggy corners and mountain caps had been spared the fire stick. Highland villagers, through the extension of slash-and-burn agriculture, and British managers, through the creation of plantations--first of coffee, then cinchona, and finally tea--had removed virtually the entire primary forest cover. |