Spurred by the dramatic landscape transformation associated with European colonization of the Americas, this original and extensively illustrated work creates a prototype theory to explain relationships between colonialism and landscape. Andrew Sluyter adeptly weaves historical sources and empirical research into a comprehensive geographical theory and applies it to a case study of the Veracruz lowlands along the Gulf Coast of Mexico. He then explores broader considerations of environmental conservation, development, and global policy challenges. This book will be of significance to geographers and others interested in development and environmental studies.
Page 54 - Mirador] in which, by excavation, either a broken obsidian knife, or a broken piece of pottery is not found. The whole country is intersected with parallel lines of stones, which were intended during the heavy showers of the rainy season to keep the earth from washing away. The number of those lines of stones shows clearly that even the poorest land, which nobody in our days would cultivate, was put under requisition by them .... In this part of the country no trace of iron or copper tools has ever...
Appears in 10 books from 1872-2006
Page 55 - When the tall grass is burnt down, we can see that the whole country was formed into terraces with assistance of masonry, everywhere provision had been made against the ravages of the tropical rains; they were carried out on every slope, descending even to the steepest spots, where they are often only a few feet in width. In the flat valleys are countless remains of dams and reservoirs, mostly of large stones and clay, many of solid masonry, naturally all rent by the floods at the lowest part, and...
Appears in 5 books from 1822-2002
Page 55 - ... assistance of masonry, everywhere provision had been made against the ravages of the tropical rains; they were carried out on every slope, descending even to the steepest spots, where they are often only a few feet in width. In the flat valleys are countless remains of dams and reservoirs, mostly of large stones and clay, many of solid masonry, naturally all rent by the floods at the lowest part, and filled with earth. On the dry flat ridges the remains of large cities are found, forming for...
Appears in 4 books from 1822-2002
Page xi - From Archive to Map to Pastoral Landscape: A Spatial Perspective on the Livestock Ecology of Sixteenth-Century New Spain,
Appears in 10 books from 1999-2008
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About the author (2002)
Andrew Sluyter is assistant professor in the ecology and geography programs at the Pennsylvania State University.
Bibliographic Information
| Title | Colonialism and Landscape: Postcolonial Theory and Applications |
| Author | Andrew Sluyter |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0742515605, 9780742515604 |
| Length | 267 pages |
| Subjects |
Social Science
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Human Geography
Social Science / Human Geography |
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