It has been some time in maturing, but environmental history both in and of Latin America is now coming of age. Two major congresses have been held in recent years, in Santiago and Havana. The trickle of monographs, in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, is swelling, and the number of young scholars in Latin America taking an environmental history approach is growing apace. This book is the second of two volumes with the same title, which together provide a good idea of what Latin American environmental historians are up to. The first, published in 1999, focused on Bolivia, Mexico, Argentina, and Paraguay. This one, the fruits of a continuing collaborative project organized by the Grupo de Trabajo de Historia Ambiental, under the direction of Bernardo García Martínez, is broader in range.
The book includes 13 pieces, plus an introduction. Geographically, they touch upon Costa Rica, the Andes, Argentina, the white pine...
