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BL
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989603
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b743973
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| Main Entry
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Hollander, Gail M.
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| Title & Author
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Raising cane in the 'glades : : the global sugar trade and the transformation of Florida /\ Gail M. Hollander.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2008.
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1 online resource (xviii, 348 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0226349489
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: 9780226349480
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0226349500
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9780226349503
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-326) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| 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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Händel, Georg Friedrich.
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Drainage-- Florida-- Everglades.
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Rural development-- Florida-- Everglades.
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Sugar trade-- Florida-- Everglades.
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Sugar-- Manufacture and refining-- Florida-- Everglades.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- Agribusiness.
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Drainage.
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Industrie
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Ländliche Entwicklung
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Rural development.
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Sugar trade.
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Sugar-- Manufacture and refining.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Agriculture-- Sustainable Agriculture.
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Zucker.
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Everglades
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Florida, Everglades.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.1/73610975939
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HD9107.F6H65 2008eb
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