More-Than-Human Histories of Latin America and the Caribbean

More-Than-Human Histories of Latin America and the CaribbeanThe Latin American and Caribbean regions historical trajectories have been shaped by complex human nonhuman interactions. In these histories people are important, even crucial, actors, but not the only ones. Offering a novel approach to the writing of Latin American history, this book responds to environmental historys call to write biophysical environments into the human past a reconsideration of historical agency that, in this era of climate change,

The result is a book that is truly unprecedented

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Progress from culture to species-based DNA approaches has allowed us to appreciate the scale of animal microbiomes and the changes which can occur over time and space

Scientific advances in classical biological control and supporting disciplines have provided ‘tools’ that could enable permanent suppression of some seemingly intractable invasive pest problems that limit the effectiveness of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programmes in perennial crops

Especially since Egypt’s 2011 revolution

explaining what the Nubian temples teach us about ancient Egypt

and in some regions GIN is threatening the sustainability of sheep farming

Agriculture continues to play an integral role in the growth of the economy of any country

The Sicilian tyrants made spectacular use of their wealth and power in competing in equestrian events at the games and in commissioning Pindar and Bacchylides to celebrate their victories in song

it opened up new avenues for convergent and hybrid drawing practices

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This anthology is the first of its kind which integrates chapters on legitimizing narrative medicine in education